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Have you followed the controversy over Diebold voting machines? Well this just in from Reuters.....

Worm hits Windows-based ATMs
Reuters
December 9, 2003, 4:30 AM PT
URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5117285.html

Automated teller machines at two banks running Microsoft's popular Windows software were infected by a computer virus in August, the maker of the machines said Monday.

The ATM infections, first reported by SecurityFocus.com, are believed to be the first of a computer virus wiggling directly onto cash machines.

Computer security experts predicted more problems to come as Windows migrates to critical systems consumers rely on.

An unknown number of ATMs running Windows XP Embedded were shut down during the spread of the so-called Nachi worm, said executives at Diebold, which made the ATMs and refused to name the customers affected.

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Schneier and Pescatore said they were worried about the security of other Windows-based Diebold appliances--voting machines, which run Windows CE.

But a Diebold representative said the company's voting machines are not used on a network, so "that is currently not an issue."
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Sure, they aren't networked, but what other Windows holes can be exploited??? This story will float around tech communities, but unless it gets to states buying these Diebold voting machines it might not be the silver bullet we need to stop this insanity.

posted by Unknown at 2:09 PM