____/ Mark Kent on Monday 31 March 2008 10:48 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Sunday 30 March 2008 20:03 : \____
>>
>>> <Quote>
>>> Security experts have hacked ATMs to show how easy it is to steal
>>> money and bank account details from modern cash machines....
>>>
>>> Up to 90 percent of the ATMs in the U.K. could be at risk from these
>>> attacks as they rely on desktop PC technology--usually Intel hardware
>>> and Windows operating systems
>>
>> 40% of which are controlled by a criminal.
>>
>
> Banks wouldn't use a safe with hundreds of thousands of known problems,
> so why on earth do they use an operating system with same?
Maybe cattle effect or imposition of tech 'religion'. Either way, it's chaos
for online banking at the moment. The figures above came from the BBC last
year. It's scary to see something increasing by an order of magnitude between
2006 and 2007. What will it be next year and what happens when 40% of all bank
accounts are abused, just like 40% of all Windows PCs are reportedly
(USAToday) totally controlled by a criminal?
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