Security at one Las Vegas hotel where many DEF CON attendees are staying is searching rooms specifically for hacker tools such as Flipper Zeroes, WiFi Pineapples, and soldering kits, according to a copy of security’s instructions.
The document provides more specifics on what security at Resorts World see as potentially damaging items. When 404 Media first reported the room searches last week, the hotel explicitly linked the heightened security measures to last year’s ransomware attacks against MGM Resorts and Caesars.
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