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Raspberry Pi Used To Hijack Casino Card Shuffler (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/tech@pawb.social
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[–] 2 points 3 years ago

This is a good example of why you don't put accessible ports on devices that don't need them.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Without revealing too much about myself, this was identified before the hacker convention and is already being fixed.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    The easy and most effective fix is to remove the external USB port and put an internal one under a locked door with a killswitch and no space to close the door with anything plugged in. If the door's open it physically cuts power to the motors.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I do like that solution. The problem is than a ton of casinos have it. So the actual fix is more of a retrofit than a redesign to change where the USB is, which would require a recall.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    That's a bit unfortunate. The problem with trying to fix this in software is that it's only a matter of time until someone manages to get around the fix. And any hardware fix would require a redesign anyway unless it's an add-on module, but that could be unplugged.

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