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Bank ATMs hit by Windows Virus

ZDNet reports that at least two banks running Microsoft Windows on the ATM machines had those machines infected by computer viruses. This is the beginning of a new trend, in which embedded systems are beginning to suffer the same security…

ZDNet reports that at least two banks running Microsoft Windows on the ATM machines had those machines infected by computer viruses. This is the beginning of a new trend, in which embedded systems are beginning to suffer the same security problems as desktop systems because they are running the same operating systems.

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