Who is mightier, the one-armed bandits or the cellphone bandits?

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eddessaknight — Tue, 02 May 2017 00:46:17 GMT

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Russian hackers hit global jackpot with slots code

Las Vegas conference hears horror story

By TODD PRINCE

An international syndicate of Russian hackers that cashed out millions from slots in U.S. casinos over the years is focusing its efforts on South America and Europe after busts in Missouri and Singapore.

The Russian syndicate most recently struck in Peru, a security consultant to slot-makers told a group of U.S. regulators at a

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eddessaknight — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 02:29:06 GMT

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Still, the chink in the security armor of slot machines that pseudorandom number generator remains, vulnerable to attack to anybody with the patience and computing power to attack it.

THE MANUFACTURERS ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO BUILD NEW SECURITY INTO THE GAMES.

John Grochowski, author of seven books on gambling, including one on slot machines

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Who is mightier, the one-armed bandits or the cellphone bandits?

eddessaknight — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:50:00 GMT

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If you see a guy wandering the aisles of South Florida s casinos, pointing his cellphone at the slot machines, don t bother offering to help him snap a selfie. Rather than a hopelessly inept tourist, he s more likely a cheater, using his phone to exploit a security gap that, by some estimates, has cost American casinos millions of dollars in slot-machine losses.

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