Fake ATM Doesn’t Last Long at Hacker Meet

Criminals running an ATM card-skimming scam made a big mistake this week: They tried to hit the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas. As the conference was kicking off a few days ago, attendees noticed that an ATM placed in the Riviera Hotel, which plays host to the annual event, didn’t quite look right, according to a senior conference organiser 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