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Tom Longfellow <[email protected]> writes: > This sounds like an entirely different situation. The thing being > replaced in your picture is the communications, not the database access. > The original post referred to JDBC for database access. > > By the way, if my bank was replacing ATM equipment and not buying a > turnkey solution for the networking, I would be looking to move my money > to a more conservative bank. there have been recent mention about migration off of OS2-based ATM machines (64% of ATMs were windows-based in 2008): Older Operating System Lingers, Holds Back ATM Services, Study Says http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=2226 but then there is these items ... Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked' http://news.cnet.com/Windows-based-cash-machines-easily-hacked/2100-7349_3-6233030.html ATM malware lets criminals steal data and cash http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10257277-83.html Malware steals ATM accounts and PIN codes; Pwns ATMs under Windows XP http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1184568/malware-steals-atm-accounts-pin-codes some recent ATM posts/discussions http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#34 Data-sniffing trojans burrow into Eastern European ATMs http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#71 Barclays ATMs hit by computer fault and http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#44 Book on Poughkeepsie and recent post on addressing a "different" way of evesdropping/skimming financial transaction vulnerabilities http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009j.html#13 PCI SSC Seeks Input on Security Standards -- 40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
