"Cash dispensing ATMs belonging to two US financial institutions were shut down when the computer worm Welchia invaded their embedded Windows XP operating systems in August. Diebold, the Ohio-based company that makes the machines, revealed the security breach on Tuesday.
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David Loomstein, of Symantec's computer security response team in Santa Monica, California, agrees: "Are they running a popular operating system? Are they sitting on the internet or a network? If yes, then there is always the possibility of access."
Devices meeting Loomstein's criteria also include cell phones that connect to the internet and SCADA systems that control utilities. All are increasingly relying on popular software, such as embedded Windows XP, that virus writers target."
Using Windo$e to run anything more important than games is crazy.
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