Fake ATM Hacker Story Doesn't Last Long

An article was recently featured on PCworld.com that claims a fake ATM was placed in Las Vegas' Riviera Hotel that posed as a malfunctioning machine in order to syphon information from people's bank cards. The problem--apparently there was a hacker conference in the hotel during the incident and the ATM was quickly discovered as a fraud.
This story sounds awesome but reeks of (Stephen)Glass-esque yellow journalism. It may turn out the story is true but reading the story brings up so many red flags.
There are no authorities quoted in the piece. There is not even a real person quoted but only a guy that goes by "Priest." On top of that, no higher ups from the hotel or (still unnamed) police department were mentioned.
The author, Robert McMillan of IDG News Service is either a bad journalist for not contacting authorities or lazy.
I thought about calling the hotel myself but I thought, "why me?"