"Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for 'Full Control' Cheating"

Joseph Tartaro, a researcher and consultant for the security company IOActive, along with IOActive colleagues Enrique Nissim and Ethan Shackelford, presented the findings of their months-long investigation into the Deckmate, the most widely used automated shuffling machine in casinos today. They found that if a small hacking device is plugged into an exposed USB port on the Deckmate 2, the latest version of the Deckmate, the shuffler's code could be altered to completely hijack the machine and tamper with its shuffling mechanism. According to the team, the Deckmate 2 has an internal camera to ensure every card is present in the deck. They could gain access to this camera to learn the entire order of the deck in real time, sending the information from their small hacking device via Bluetooth to a nearby phone held by a partner who could then send coded signals to the cheating player. Their shuffler hacking technique grants a cheater "100 percent full control," according to Tartaro. This article continues to discuss the possibility of hackers rigging the Deckmate 2 shuffler for full control cheating. 

Wired reports "Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for 'Full Control' Cheating"