Will ATMs really be easy money for Hackers after XP End of Support April 2014?

Posted by ArunKumar@TWC on March 27, 2014
 
 
Windows XP will reach End of Life on April 8th 2014, and there is already a lot of fear-mongering going on, on the Internet, about how ATMs are not ready for the XP Armageddon. But reading about Windows XP based ATMs, on few reputed websites, I came to know that these ATMs are not going to be as vulnerable as they have been projected lately.
 
There is much more to an ATM than just XP. Around 80 percent of ATMs, worldwide, still run Windows XP Embedded POS-Ready versions, with many restrictions in place, that would make it real hard to hack them. Besides, ATMs use plenty of security measures on the hardware part too. And lest I forget to mention, ATMs communicate using encrypted data – which further reduces the scope of them being hacked.
 
So then, are ATM machines going to be really vulnerable, especially after End of Support for Windows XP on April 8th? Maybe a bit because of external tactics such as skimming, but coming to software, Windows XP Embedded, it is not an easy pass to your data for hackers.
 
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