This seems to be the perfect example of when a hacked up version of linux with some kind of proprietary code should be used. I can't imagine even considering using windows or for that matter os x in this environment. File this story in the 'what did they expect to happen' box.
Mike On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting AP story on stealing $1,000,000s by hacking bank's back-end > systems to harvest ATM PINs. > > http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/07/02/atm-citibank.html > > "Hackers are targeting the ATM system's infrastructure, which is > increasingly built on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system..." > > "They could have gained administrative access to the machines, which > means they had carte blanche to grab information through a flaw in the > network or by figuring out those computers' passwords. Or it's possible > they installed a piece of malicious software on a banking server to > capture unencrypted PINs as they passed through." > > This is more data for the chicken-or-egg question about whether MS's > systems get hacked so much because they are so popular or because they > are so easy. Here we have an existing population of systems so the number > of them did not significantly change. What changed was the proportion of > MS's systems being used. Hence more MS = more hacks. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
