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Re:Why are McDonald’s Self Service Kiosks so hackable? by lifeisstillgood on Monday July 25, 2022 @07:46AM (#32223078)
In the article he points out the PC is responsible for updating firmware in the card reader. So while it's a more sophisticated hack, change the firmware to record the pin and send it back to the PC etc etc.
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Re:Why are McDonald’s Self Service Kiosks so hackable? by Goz3rr on Monday July 25, 2022 @08:17AM (#32223304)
I'm assuming the firmware is cryptographically signed, because they have to upgrade from untrusted devices. That negates this entire attack vector.
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Re:Why are McDonald’s Self Service Kiosks so hackable? by lifeisstillgood on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:15PM (#32227598)
I think our best reaction to that is ... hmmmm.

But yes I think this is more a "hey there is so much insecure tech out there - here is another example" as opposed to "we are all dead and our bank accounts emptied"

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