The MSFT Way

Stupidly put our operating system in your critical security dependent devices all across the globe and we'll be sure to make them useless at best in just a few years.

An estimated 95% of American bank ATMs run on Windows XP, and Microsoft is killing off tech support for that operating system on April 8. That means Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) will no longer issue security updates to patch holes in Windows XP, leaving those ATMs exposed to new kinds of cyberattacks.