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Re:Microsoft risks security reputation ruin by retiring XP by ceejayoz on Sunday March 09, 2014 @01:21PM (#7369048)
Target found that "very small attack surface" isn't the same as "secure".
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Re:Microsoft risks security reputation ruin by retiring XP by cwyers on Sunday March 09, 2014 @02:16PM (#7369290)
Target was hacked because they were flagrantly ignoring basic security procedures, like "making your POS systems available on the same network you use for everything else." [1]

Blaming the Target break-in on the OS security is like having unprotected sex in the back of a Buick, and blaming GM for the STD you contracted because it would've happened if the car hadn't had such a roomy backseat.

[1] http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246074/Target_breach...

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Re:Microsoft risks security reputation ruin by retiring XP by pixl97 on Sunday March 09, 2014 @01:53PM (#7369186)
From what I've read on Krebs site, I don't think Target understands what 'very small attack surface means'.
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