Poker is easy when you know the deck order

[dapaterson]

Hackers find an exposed USB port on a popular automated shuffling machine - that has a built in camera.

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating

Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table.

www.wired.com

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Hackers find an exposed USB port on a popular automated shuffling machine - that has a built in camera.

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating

Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table.

www.wired.com

Why put a camera in a deck shuffler?

 

[dapaterson]

Why put a camera in a deck shuffler?

Security. Let's you confirm there are 52 different cards in the deck, and nobody swapped anything.

But IT security is not keeping pace with IT innovation, so Black Hats are having fun.

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