Indian Government Admits Most Local ATMs Still Running Windows XP

The Indian government revealed that no less than 70 percent of the country’s ATMs are still running Windows XP, which no longer receives support since 2014.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in an announcement that some governments and companies indeed signed custom deals with Microsoft to receive support for their Windows XP cash machines, but even so, the transition to newer systems needs to be completed as soon as possible.

The Indian official said the government is already working with banks and other parties on upgrading these systems, with approximately 22,000 ATMs to be included in this migration. Jaitley, however, admitted that it would take a lot of time to complete the upgrade, and he didn’t provide a target date when the transition is supposed to be ready.

Windows XP worldwide

The huge number of users who are still running Windows XP on their computers is still worrying, not only for Microsoft, but also for customers and the organizat...