With the recent massive attack with ransomware "Wanna Cry" to computer servers government institutions, companies and banks, it has discovered a serious vulnerability in them.
And that is because most of the affected systems did not have an updated antivirus program or operating system was not updated, or because even continue to use the old Windows XP.
The health system in the UK, one of the most affected with virulent attack still continues using 95% obsolete operating system on their computers, servers and terminals.
The same can be said of Renault in France and Nissan in the UK, as both have had to stop production of automobiles by the effects of the attack on its computer systems; Something similar happened with Telefonica and Russian banks, among others.
When Microsoft announced in January 2016 that it would stop providing security updates for Windows XP, the UK paid $ 5. 5 million pounds to continue to receive updates for one year; so did a host of banking institutions that are still using Windows XP on their ATMs.
But after a year that Microsoft will announce the end of the updates, they continued to use obsolete operating system, risking their computer systems, because apart from no longer receive security updates, you know that Windows XP has shortcomings security about the latest computer virus, which is not already corrected after Microsoft stop providing security patches.
But how serious the matter, and it has been proven without any doubt after the recent global Wanna Cry attack with the virus, It is that all continue to use Windows XP are exposed to its devastating effects.
And sadly 95% of banks globally are still using Windows XP even in their banking terminals and ATMs; and if for some reason it is repeated the attack with the virus or other more sophisticated, your money deposited in a bank would be in grave danger, of course, it would be if you did use an ATM to continue using the old operating system because your credit or debit card could be cloned or transferred your money to another account that is not yours.
That is the serious situation that has been exposed after this global computer attack.
So I recommend careful you are , especially in these days, to news and if you hear that ATMs of the bank which you are a customer have been infected by a virus, do not use them, then prove that you have not withdrawn your money will be difficult and time consuming.
In any case, it is better to avoid using ATMs these days as much as possible, and better go straight to stop making financial transactions personally conduct you require.
