@croberts
The Banking industry as a whole is all about being cheap. Unless you do all your banking at the main branch where 5 guards, 30 cameras and bullet proof everything reeks of security.
I agree that the OS issue is a moot point. If they aren't password protecting the Add/Remove Hardware feature then OS is the least of their worries. The OS in the article has one feature that I have found that would maybe make it give out cash. Hiding your cash in the cd-rom and when you need it you tell it to eject.
The hardware itself it the main weak spot here. Key locks to secure them are also a break point. The old days when there would be a theft of the entire ATM and when they reported on the news that the money was recovered 2 weeks later when they found the ATM still intact because the robbers couldn't break into it was hogwash. They were just discouraging the next smash and grab guy from trying it.
This way of robbing the ATM is better for the banks now that they wont have to replace one that had a chain wrapped around it and dragged 5 miles and then had a cutting torch used on it.
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