Fake ATM doesn’t last long at hacker meet

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 3, 2009

“As the conference was kicking off a few days ago, attendees
noticed that at ATM placed in the Riviera Hotel, which plays host
to the annual event, didn’t quite look right, according to a senior
conference organizer who identified himself only as Priest. “They
looked at the screen where there would normally be a camera,” he
said. “It was a little bit too dark, so someone shined a flashlight
in there and there was a PC.”

“The ATM looked like a working system, but when people would put
their cards in the machine, it would scan their card information
and record the PIN numbers they entered. He didn’t know how long
the ATM had been at the Riviera.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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