ATM PINs vulnerable to cracking, Israeli researchers say

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RijilV @ Dec 2nd 2006 3:02AM

"MSNBC reports"

Ah, the voice of the security world...

Seriously though, the 3des that ATMs use has been under fire for some time now, over a year ago researchers showed that with little more than $1,000 worth of FPGA you can break the 3DES in little more than a day.

Also, most ATMs run Micro$oft Windows, and who knows who goes there to install the security updates...

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