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		techinsidr on Jan 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used in ... It's likely a windows-based platform, as Windows has been almost exclusively the platform targeted by memory parser POS malware.

Avshalom on Jan 13, 2014 | [–]

Target is yes as far as I know a windows shop. All the staff computers are Win7, all the PDAs and wall mounted price scanners are WinCE.

simcop2387 on Jan 13, 2014 | [–]

Could possibly be linux (CentOS). I know that at least Autozone's POS system is built on top of that from helping install a few of them.

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