Windows to Power ATM's in 2005

[gboyce at badbelly.com]

As a number of people on slashdot mentioned when this was posted there, 
ATM machines don't have internet access.  They're on a private bank 
networks.

So the worm possibility is there there if someone plugs their infected
laptop into the wrong network, but that should be a lot more rare.

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Timothy M. Lyons wrote:

> Ack!  Time to put the money back under the mattress!
> Just imagine the posible impact of the first big MS worm of 2005...
> 
> -Tim
> 
> 
> September 19, Wired ^? Windows to power ATMs in 2005. By 2005, 65 percent of
> bank ATMs (not including free-standing machines in places like convenience
> stores and casinos) in the United States will use a stripped-down version of
> Windows. About 12 percent of the machines will use the operating system by the
> end of this year, according to Gwenn Bezard, an analyst at market researcher
> Celent. Bezard asked 20 of the top 60 banks in the country about their plans
> to upgrade ATMs. He concluded the banking industry is ready to scrap IBM's
> OS/2 operating system, which powers most ATMs today. They would prefer
> Windows, a platform they consider "open" in that it is compatible with their
> internal corporate networks. Also, it's so ubiquitous that they can add
> features to all their ATMs without having to write multiple pieces of code for
> different machines. While there are concerns about cyberattacks, the reason
> bank robbers still tend not to focus on ATMs to do their dirty work is that
> ATMs have almost never fallen prey to malicious hacking. Roughly $1 trillion
> of ATM withdrawals will take place this year, with losses of only $15 million.
> The losses are largely attributed to fraud -- stolen ATM cards or bank
> insiders in charge of restocking the machines with cash. Source:
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60497,00.html
> 
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