Crooks Spy on Casino Card Games With Hacked Security Cameras, Win $33M

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/03/hackers-game-casino/

BY KIM ZETTER
Threat Level
Wired.com
03.15.13

A high-roller and hacker accomplices made off with about $33 million after they 
gamed a casino in Australia by hacking its surveillance cameras and gaining an 
advantage in several rounds of high-stakes card games.

The Ocean’s Eleven-style heist played out over eight hands of cards before the 
gambler was caught, though not before the money was gone, according to the 
Herald Sun.

The gambler, described only as a foreigner, was a known “whale” — a high-roller 
who regularly bet and lost large amounts of money.

He was staying with his family in an opulent villa at the Crown Towers in 
Melbourne, Australia a few weeks ago, when the scam occurred.

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