Investigation Reveals Security Vulnerabilities in Card Shuffling Machines

fagenwasanni.com | Last year, a scandal erupted in the world of high-stakes, livestreamed poker when a relative novice successfully called the bluff of a veteran player using a poor hand. Accusations of cheating circulated, with poker players arguing that the novice must have had some extra knowledge of her opponent’s hand. An investigation by Hustler Live Casino found no evidence of foul play, but security researcher Joseph Tartaro of IOActive was intrigued by the claim that the automated card-shuffling machine used in the game, known as the Deckmate, was unhackable. Tartaro and his colleagues, Enrique Nissim and Ethan Shackelford, decided to explore the security of the Deckmate further.