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Most ATMs will remain on Windows XP after Microsoft's pulls plug on OS

More than six out of 10 ATM machines in the country will be running on an obsolete operating system when Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows XP on April 8, raising serious security and compliance issues for the systems' operators.

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