According to the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), about 38% of the nearly 425,000 ATMs in the U.S. that are powered by Windows XP will have migrated off the OS by next month’s deadline.

If hackers discover new flaws in Windows XP, those bugs will go unaddressed, leaving attackers free to exploit them. It can't yet be known what hackers could do with a Windows XP ATM after April 8.

An ATM running an unpatched Windows XP is not like your kid's old laptop running XP. It's pretty heavily defended. And lots of new ATM and POS security features are coming in the next few years.

Nearly all of the ATMs in the world are running the Windows XP operating system, introduced by Microsoft 13 years ago -- and incredibly out of date, as any tech enthusiast will tell you.

That some of the leading banks' ATMs are still running some form of Windows XP is not a surprise. Everywhere I go I see Windows XP machines: at the gym, my own Bank of America branch and numerous ...

Come April 8, when Microsoft cuts off support for Windows XP, the vast majority of those bank ATMs will still be running XP. While there’s some cause for concern, it’s much too early to cut up ...

On April 8, Microsoft will end its support for Windows XP, leaving up to 95% of bank ATM machines vulnerable to hackers. Machines running outdated operating systems, unbacked by corporate security ...

In the US, for example, there are about 200,000 Windows XP ATMs and, as CNN reports, to replace the operating system in them, banks would have to replace the entire computer inside as well ...

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In three weeks, ATMs that operate on Microsoft XP will face an expiration of the software program they have relied on for more than a decade. And that could mean your security is at risk.

This means that future upgrades from Windows 7 to Windows 8 for ATMs in the field — if the bank actually wants to do it — should go well, certainly better than XP to Windows 7 upgrades.