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Scammer Plants a Fake ATM At Defcon 17

Posted by kdawson on from the not-the-brightest-LED-in-the-flashlight dept.

Groo Wanderer writes "Normally, a well-crafted fake ATM would skim a lot of card information before it was noticed, if it was ever noticed at all. Because it is safer for the criminals and harder to prosecute, financial crimes like this are spreading fast. If you are smart, you don't try to pull one off in the middle of a computer security convention where the attendees are very good at spotting such scams. That said, some not-so-bright criminal tried to plant a fake ATM at Defcon. He now has one less fake ATM and a whole lot of investigators on his tail."

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  1. Re:Pedant Warning! by Aphex+Junkie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, like we are going to RTFA the farking article.

    That's pretty redundant

  2. Pff by Daas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's what I call good product placement.

  3. Re:Pedant Warning! by NoobixCube · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The risk of those nearby when so many redundant phrases finally make you snap?

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    Admit it. You post strawman arguments as AC so you get modded Insightful for refuting them, rather than Troll
  4. had to be a prank by nbauman · · Score: -1, Redundant
    TFA:

    "It was literally right next to the hotel security entrance."

  5. Re:Pedant Warning! by Translation+Error · · Score: -1, Redundant

    If I had mod points, I'd be soooo tempted to mod that post redundant...

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  6. Re:Pedant Warning! by Starayo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Remember to keep your PIN number safe for use with ATM machines.

    A message from the Department of Redundancy Department.

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    Ezekiel 23:20
  7. Re:Pedant Warning! by gavron · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Don't worry. The mods don't have that kind of understanding. They're still trying to figure out how to use their SDMP points.

    E

  8. Re:Pedant Warning! by OctaviusIII · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Holy crap: meta!

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    What's this? Another weblog? On transit?
  9. Re:Pedant Warning! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ***WOOOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHH***