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End of Windows XP support to impact 95% of the world's ATMs

New Delhi: On April 8, Microsoft will cease to offer tech support for Windows XP, the system used by 95 percent of the world's ATMs, according to NCR, the largest ATM supplier in the US.

In the US, some 200,000 ATMs rely on Windows XP and analysts are calling April 8 as an "XP Armageddon."

Windows XP operating system, which was released in 2001, remains widely used software for the ATMs, Banks around the world are likely to miss a deadline to upgrade outdated software for ATMs and face additional costs to Microsoft to keep them secure.

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