Windows to Power ATM's in 2005

[Kyle Plummer]

I would agree if it wasn't for the fact most bank branches and ATMs are on
Peer to Peer networks.  So the possiblity of hacking is mute.  IBM had
annouced some time ago that they were no longer providing further support
after the last update of OS/2.  Althought the comment about Windows being
"open" is funny.  There are only two US companies that produce ATMs.  One
was owned by IBM (Diebold), and the other AT&T (NCR).


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Timothy M. Lyons" <lyons at digitalvoodoo.org>
To: "BLU Discussion List" <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 12:27 PM
Subject: Windows to Power ATM's in 2005


> 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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