On 03/11/2010 08:04 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> I'll never forget the time I used an ATM machine, and as it was
>> processing the transaction I hears several of the characteristic IE
>> link click sounds as it finished up.. that was a bit worrying.
>
> Many ATMs are just running a web browser with appropriate plug-ins for
> running the hardware. It's much easier to add new features to 100,000
> machines that way than it is to go around with secure storage operated
> by a trained technician updating the machines. I.e., for all the reasons
> any other business creates an intranet instead of a desktop app.

...so what you're saying is that many ATMs are trivially hackable?

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