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Wells Fargo Web-Enables ATMs

Posted by Zonk on from the free-money dept.

smooth wombat writes "Wells Fargo has completed a five-year project to Web-enable its 6,200 ATMs in 23 states. Now the ATMS will be Windows based rather than OS/2 based. Avivah Litan, an analyst at Gartner Inc., in Stamford, Conn., said the move to Windows-based systems is "not great news for the security of the system. I'm sure there's a lot of holes that will be created because of this.""

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  1. Learn to STFU. by jrockway · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "STFU" means "shut the fuck up".

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    My other car is first.
  2. Sounds like a big bunch of FUD to me by flanman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ATMs (in Canada and I'm assuming the US) run on a private X.25 network. Moving off OS2 to windows or linux or BeOS should make no difference as to their security as these boxes are seriously locked down and disabled to the point that they'll only communicate with boxes that they're set to communicate with.

    You might get the BSoD now and again but they should be pretty secure.