http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/05/gaming-execs-despite-reports-hackers-didnt-touch-a/ By Steve Green Las Vegas Sun Aug. 5, 2009 Gaming executives Wednesday disputed reports that hackers in town for the annual DEFCON conference over the weekend perpetrated frauds involving casino ATM machines. Some broadcast and Internet reports said scammers had wheeled a fake ATM machine into the Riviera hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip with the goal of having people try to use it so the scammers could capture their card and PIN numbers. That didn't happen, the Riviera said Wednesday. In fact, the ATM in question in the hotel's convention lobby is owned by the hotel-casino and was deactivated as a security precaution while DEFCON was in town. One Internet headline proclaimed: "Hacker exposes hacked Las Vegas ATM at DEFCON" But it appears the Riviera and its security staff may have outsmarted the hackers by simply turning off the machine. "Although it has been reported as an ATM machine purposely placed in the Riviera’s convention lobby by some unknown hacker to capture data on others that attempt to use it during DEFCON, the truth is, the Riviera-owned-and-operated ATM was turned off and the cash was removed as a precaution in preparation for the conference," Robert Vannucci, president of the Riviera, said in a statement. [...] __________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Wed Aug 05 2009 - 23:32:11 PDT
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