Most cash machines today run on International Business Machines’ aging OS/2 operating platform, which banks say is expensive to operate and to program. However, IBM isn’t selling OS/2 to new customers, and many banks already are switching to the more flexible Microsoft NT operating system.


** taken from http://www.msnbc.com/news/762735.asp?0dm=T12NT

can ATM machines be hacked in a similar manner as a computer? nearly everyone seems to complain about microsoft operating systems so wouldn't this make them less secure?