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Fake ATMs at Black Hat venue, what irony!

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NucleusKore
NucleusKore Original post #1
Aug 4, 2009 at 6:57 AM
Source: *blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3843

A Google security researcher attending the Black Hat/DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas was victimized by a skimming device placed in an ATM at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

Chris Paget, an RFID security expert who now works on Google’s security team, said he lost $200 to a rigged ATM that also claimed several other victims. Inexplicably, Paget said he got no help from hotel security or local police in Las Vegas when he reported the problem.

He used his Twitter account to warn about the dangers of using ATMs at the casinos in Las Vegas.

Read On...........

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phreak0ut
Aug 7, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Need to be really careful at this security cons :D
Ecstasy
Ecstasy #3
Aug 7, 2009 at 1:54 PM
How can someone from outside do that? o_O