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DEFCON 2009. ATM not fake…Riviera was proactive
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The Riviera owned ATM machine located in the hotel’s convention lobby was not a fraudulent device placed by hackers with criminal intent. It was simply shut off.
“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,” said Robert Vannucci, President of the Riviera Hotel & Casino.
The alleged fake, fraudulent ATM has been located in the Riviera convention center, in the same spot, for quite awhile. Riviera security was involved in the decision to deactivate it.