Friday, September 19, 2003

Windows to Power ATMs in 2005. Most U.S. banks plan to convert their ATMs to the Windows operating system by 2005. Will this move make bank customers vulnerable to malicious Internet attacks and the infamous blue screen of death? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News] I couldn't let this go by without a comment. If any of the revelations that came out the investigation of FirstEnergy taught us anything it's that businesses have all kinds of bridges between their so called private and public networks. Once ATM's run a stripped down version of Windows, how long will it be before crackers find the bridges between the Bank's public network and its private ATM network. And if everything is running TCP/IP on the public and private network, God help everyone. It's downhill from there. 6:12:14 PM    comment []