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Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Windows Compromises ATMs

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> PINs stolen from Citibank ATMs
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>| The alleged thieves made off with about $2 million between October 2007 until 
>| March of this year. Officials believe they remotely broke into the back-end 
>| computers that approve cash withdrawals and grabbed the PINs as they were 
>| being transmitted from the ATMs to the transaction processing computers, 
>| which increasingly use Windows, the report says.    
>| 
>| [... from the comments ...]
>| 
>| Windows should not be used, nor shout OS X or Linux if it is running a GUI. 
>| While Windows can not be striped to a secure level and OS X is a bit of a 
>| challenge, Linux is very easy to run with a very minimalistic build.  
>| 
>| Check out the NSA version of Linux.
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9982500-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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Anyone using Windows where security is required is asking for problems.
Banks really should know better.

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