Las Vegas braces for computer security gurus
August 04, 2006
Humphrey Cheung
Las Vegas (NV) - Thousands of computer security gurus and hackers are returning to Las Vegas this week for the Blackhat and Defcon conventions. Defcon's new home hotel, the Riviera, is bracing for computer problems and appears to have taken some pre-emptive action.
Next to the Riviera convention center is a small Internet kiosk area called "Internet Corner". It consists of about half a dozen small kiosks equipped with screens and ATM/Credit Card swipers. Usually, hotel guests would pay a few dollars an hour to surf the ne"This Computer is Broken"t, but the Riviera has disabled all the machines - supposedly as a protective measure against hackers.
Several of the computers had missing screens and ATM/credit card readers. Signs, some printed and some hastily written, were placed on the kiosks saying "Credit Card Reader Not Working" and .
Source: http://www.tgdaily.com/
Las Vegas (NV) - Thousands of computer security gurus and hackers are returning to Las Vegas this week for the Blackhat and Defcon conventions. Defcon's new home hotel, the Riviera, is bracing for computer problems and appears to have taken some pre-emptive action.
Next to the Riviera convention center is a small Internet kiosk area called "Internet Corner". It consists of about half a dozen small kiosks equipped with screens and ATM/Credit Card swipers. Usually, hotel guests would pay a few dollars an hour to surf the ne"This Computer is Broken"t, but the Riviera has disabled all the machines - supposedly as a protective measure against hackers.
Several of the computers had missing screens and ATM/credit card readers. Signs, some printed and some hastily written, were placed on the kiosks saying "Credit Card Reader Not Working" and .
Source: http://www.tgdaily.com/