Threat of the Week: The ATM XP Timebomb

Security updates for Microsoft XP end April 8. Nearly all credit union ATMs run on the system.

By Robert McGarvey | January 31, 2014 at 04:15 AM

The clock is ticking down to April 8th when Microsoft will cease to issue security updates for Microsoft XP.

The bad news for credit unions is that virtually all of their ATMs run on XP, multiple sources told Credit Union Times.

That raises the jackpot question: Will criminals feast on ATMs come April 8th?

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