Diebold ATMs hit by Nachi Worm

red floyd writes "The Register is reporting confirmation that Diebold ATMs were hit by the Nachi worm back in August. Apparently some Diebold ATMs run XP Embedded, and got hit with a variant of the RPC DCOM worm. Seems that they hadn't yet applied the available patch."

Comments

They need a new BIOS

[RealProgrammer]

A new, secure, manageable BIOSwould fix their problem.

It's really Phoenix's fault.

Re:Just goes to show..

[psyconaut]

Ahhh....but if you used a proper embedded operating system for an embedded device, you wouldn't be able to hire programmers who have completed a 6-week Visial Basic/.NET programming course at their local community college to write your business critical applications ;-)

-psy

Re:Ain't karma a bitch?

[bmckeever]

Yeah yeah mod me down if you must but I'd feel much better having embedded Linux...

Have you forgotten where you posted this? Nobody gets modded down for picking Linux over MS.

Funny banner ad to go with this article

[gd23ka]

Funny that this banner ad was on the page when I loaded this article... It read: Making the right decision may save you millions... Making the wrong decision may cost your job

Re:Propogation

[Petronius]

This means that after each 'correct' vote, the voting machine wires $20 to your bank account.

That explains it

[Anonymous Coward]

I remember thinking how weird it was to have my ATM suggest an exclusive opportunity to increase the length of my penis.

Re:They wouldn't be allowed to patch it anyways

[Valar]

We have a new record! Someone didn't even make it all the way through the article TITLE. First, it was rtfa (the linked article). Then it was rtfa (the slashdot article). Now do we need to go to rtft (read the fucking title)? The article is about diebold ATMs, not voting machines.

Used to be banks were concerned about image

[Thud457]

"I guess they are trying to make it look so modern and sophisticated instead of a early 80's green mono monitor."

Used to be that American money was real honest-to-God GREENBACKS, not some funny, furrin looking fruit color with corporate logos on it.

Use to be that banks were always built, well, like banks, heavy, solid, safe looking hulking stone fortesses.

That's what the 80's green mono monitor always said to me. "We're interested in what's known and safe and secure, not flashy video ads to sell you stamps while you wait for your cash."

Now it's all "Did you see this week's twenty? It's got Jessica Lynch and a coupon for Chik-Fil-A on it!"