Fake ATM busted at hacker conference
Criminals who placed a fake ATM machine in a hotel lobby are in for a surprise: it turns out that the hotel was hosting a conference for 8,000 security professionals at the time.
On Thursday, a Defcon attendee spotted a fake ATM nestled in a security blind spot at the hotel. The machine had an unbranded shell with a PC located inside. It's believed that the setup was designed to skim ATM cards. It is unknown how long the machine was there, or whether there are other fake ATMs in other casinos.
"This is a very common scam," says "Priest," a senior staff member for Defcon. "At gas stations, this happens a lot."
