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The title makes it seem as if the issue is with Windows although Microsoft and Windows are only mentioned once throughout the article; the issue is not with Win
by dangoldin 18y ago
The title makes it seem as if the issue is with Windows although Microsoft and Windows are only mentioned once throughout the article; the issue is not with Windows but with the operators, you may want to update the title.
"Hackers are targeting the ATM system's infrastructure, which is increasingly built on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system and allows machines to be remotely diagnosed and repaired over the Internet. And despite industry standards that call for protecting PINs with "strong encryption -- which means encoding them to cloak them to outsiders -- some ATM operators apparently aren't properly doing that. The PINs seem to be leaking while in transit between the automated teller machines and the computers that process the transactions.