Fake ATM @ DefCon

You don't see the other fail in this? Do you guys?

And i quote....

"Conference organizers notified local law enforcement who hauled away the machine on "Thursday or Friday," said Priest, who said he works as a "civil servant" in his day job."

First off i wouldn't have call the cops in no way, i would have taken it apart, scanned through it looking for any bit of info i could find on who did it, if not, i would upload a keylogger or something, maybe a trojan, so that when they put this thing back in action at thier house, it would report to me who did it over the web, then that is when i would have the real fun.... These guys are "hackers" and they called the cops? Jesus when hackers get soft, the world is getting bad.

Fail on both parties involved.
 
Stickyfinger said:
First off i wouldn't have call the cops in no way, i would have taken it apart, scanned through it looking for any bit of info i could find on who did it, if not, i would upload a keylogger or something, maybe a trojan, so that when they put this thing back in action at thier house, it would report to me who did it over the web, then that is when i would have the real fun.... These guys are "hackers" and they called the cops? Jesus when hackers get soft, the world is getting bad.

Fail on both parties involved.
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Be nice. Dont go as low as the one trying to take away :P I am pretty sure they would have found the guy by now who had set it up Lol.

And btw... there is a difference between good hackers and bad hackers.
 
Thats a terrible fail honestly i think thats really stupid and to think they wanted to be criminals i mean if you going to do somthing like that your gonna want to watch out for things like that geez...... FAIL MUCH!
 
Surprised the hackers didn't turn it around on them. I think they are doing it wrong, should have takin it to a newbies computer convention.
 
The hackers most likely did get some info.. they're not stupid. Bad Karma will be bestowed upon those that deserve it.
 
Stickyfinger said:
You don't see the other fail in this? Do you guys?

And i quote....

"Conference organizers notified local law enforcement who hauled away the machine on "Thursday or Friday," said Priest, who said he works as a "civil servant" in his day job."

First off i wouldn't have call the cops in no way, i would have taken it apart, scanned through it looking for any bit of info i could find on who did it, if not, i would upload a keylogger or something, maybe a trojan, so that when they put this thing back in action at thier house, it would report to me who did it over the web, then that is when i would have the real fun.... These guys are "hackers" and they called the cops? Jesus when hackers get soft, the world is getting bad.

Fail on both parties involved.
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...or it could be that DefCon happens to be one of the few conventions where those who attend are either Security specialists, Journalists, or those who are being watched by the FBI.
 
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Thats like robing a bank with a SWAT Training School next door over LOL EPIC FAIL!
 
Sexy Beast said:
...or it could be that DefCon happens to be one of the few conventions where those who attend are either Security specialists, Journalists, or those who are being watched by the FBI.
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seriously. this is so true.

they have the 'spot the fed' competition, in addition to the airforce actively recruiting for their new 'cyber command' this week. the local law enforcement probably WAS the the FBI at that convention.

in addition, most people at DefCon professionally have a certificate like a GPEN, OSCP, CHFI, CSIH, etc. Much like a lawyer is appointed by a bar association, any wrong doing or ethical violation will cause a revocation of their certificate by the issuing body and therefore their lifestyle will be kaput.
 
entens said:
seriously. this is so true.

they have the 'spot the fed' competition, in addition to the airforce actively recruiting for their new 'cyber command' this week. the local law enforcement probably WAS the the FBI at that convention.

in addition, most people at DefCon professionally have a certificate like a GPEN, OSCP, CHFI, CSIH, etc. Much like a lawyer is appointed by a bar association, any wrong doing or ethical violation will cause a revocation of their certificate by the issuing body and therefore their lifestyle will be kaput.
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Going to add onto this that the police force themselves have hackers and other specialists whom work for them, so reporting it to the cops wasn't a bad idea. I am sure they will trace it back themselves. xP

Ultimately though I found this really amusing yet scary all at once. I wil definitely be keeping a closer eye on ATMs I've never used before as I travel. =/
 
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