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Card-Sniffing Malware On Diebold ATMs

angry tapir writes "Diebold has released a security fix for its Opteva automated teller machines after cyber-criminals apparently broke into the systems at one or more businesses in Russia and installed malicious software. Diebold learned of the incident in January and sent out a global security update to its ATM customers using the Windows operating system. It is not releasing full details of what happened, including which businesses were affected, but said criminals had gained physical access to the machines to install their malicious program. Arrests have reportedly been made."

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  1. In Soviet Russia... by Pyrus.mg · · Score: 5, Funny

    the banks hold up you.

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      the banks hold up you.

      I thought for that joke there was supposed to be a reversal in there somewhere?

  2. obligatory xkcd link by squidinkcalligraphy · · Score: 4, Funny
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  3. NSF by castorvx · · Score: 4, Funny

    A problem has been detected and windows has shut down to prevent damage to your bank account.

    MONEY_LESS_OR_EQUAL

  4. Y2K... by rthille · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somewhat OT, but my wife was one of the early recipients of a credit card which expired after 1999. She used to crash gas pumps whenever she tried to pay at the pump.

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  5. Obviously a product of the LAUSD by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since when is Sao Paulo, Brazil in the middle of Russia?

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  6. Re:Track record? by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    HURD.

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  7. On Soviet Slashdot by pisto_grih · · Score: 2, Funny

    joke reverses you!

  8. I may be wrong... by DankJemo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I may be wrong, but isn't this also the company that manufactured the voting machines that had been tampered with in the 2004 election? The name Diebold is awfully familiar to me, and I know I have read about them in the news before... and I am pretty sure it was for nothing good.