Wincor Nixdorf: Difference between revisions

| name = Wincor Nixdorf AG

| logo = Wincor Nixdorf.svg

| logo_size = 175px

| type = [[Aktiengesellschaft]]

| traded_as =

| foundation = 1952

| location = [[Paderborn]], [[Ostwestfalen-Lippe]], Germany

| key_people = Eckard Heidloff <small>(President and CEO)</small>, Alexander Dibelius <small>(Chairman of the [[supervisory board]])</small>

| industry = Information technology

| assets operating_income = €1€21.507851 billionmillion <small>(September 2014/2015)</small><ref name="AR2014-15b15a">{{cite web |url=http://www.wincor-nixdorf.com/static/finanzberichte/2014-2015/q4/en/group-accounts/balance-sheet.html>

| equity assets = €391€1.440507 millionbillion <small>(September 2015)</small><ref name="AR2014-15b">{{cite web |url=http:/>/www.wincor-nixdorf.com/static/finanzberichte/2014-2015/q4/en/group-accounts/balance-sheet.html

|title=Annual Report num_employees 2014/15 |access-date=May 930,100 <small>(September2016 2015)</small><ref name|publisher="AR2014-15c">{{cite webWincor Nixdorf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629222203/http://www.wincor-nixdorf.com/static/finanzberichte/2014-2015/q4/en/atgroup-a-glanceaccounts/keybalance-figuressheet.html |titlearchive-date=Annual Report 2014/15 |accessdate=May 30, 2016 |publisher=Wincor Nixdorf-06-29}}</ref>

'''Wincor Nixdorf ''' was a German corporation that provided retail and retail banking hardware, software, and services. Wincor Nixdorf was engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as [[Automatic Teller Machine|ATM]]s), retail banking equipment, lottery terminals, postal terminals, software and services for global financial and commercial markets. On August 15, 2016, through the merger of Wincor Nixdorf and [[Diebold Inc.]], [[Diebold Nixdorf]] was formed as an international technology and services company.<ref name="unvesillogo">{{cite news| title =Newly combined Diebold Nixdorf unveils logo| url =http://www.ohio.com/business/newly-combined-diebold-nixdorf-unveils-logo-1.705182| publisher =Ohio.com| date =August 16, 2016| accessdate = 2016-09-14}}</ref>

Founded by [[Heinz Nixdorf]], [[Nixdorf Computer]] was formed in 1952. In 1990, the company was purchased by [[Siemens AG]] and renamed [[Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/11/business/company-news-siemens-buying-51-of-nixdorf.html|title=Siemens Buying 51% Of Nixdorf|last=Protzman|first=Ferdinand|date=|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-04-18|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> The company was re-focused exclusively on its current product, set in 1998, and renamed '''Siemens Nixdorf Retail and Banking Systems [[GmbH]]'''. Following a buyout by [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] and [[Goldman Sachs Capital Partners]] on October 1, 1999, the company was renamed Wincor Nixdorf. The company was taken public May 19, 2004, with a successful [[IPO]]. On November 8, 2006, Chief Executive Officer [[Karl-Heinz Stiller]] announced his resignation from the Board of Directors. Eckard Heidloff was elected as his replacement.<ref>[http://atmmarketplace.com/article.php?id=8026 BREAKING: Stiller steps down, Heidloff named Wincor's new CEO] atmmarketplace.com Nov 8, 2006.</ref> {{DeadWebarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211061121/http://www.atmmarketplace.com/article.php?id=8026 link|date=AprilFebruary 11, 2007 2018}}.</ref>

On July 12, July, 2016, the media reported that at least 34 [[Cash machine|ATMATMs]]<nowiki/>s ofbelonging to the Taiwanese {{ill|First Commercial Bank (Taiwan)|zh|第一商業銀行|lt=First Commercial Bank}} werehad been hacked usingvia a [[Malware]] heist. Over 70 million [[New Taiwan dollar|Taiwan dollar]] (equivalent to 2 million [[United States dollar|USD]]) werehad been withdrawn illegally. The manufacturerATMs ofhad thebeen ATMsmanufactured isby Wincor Nixdorf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2016/07/12/472025/Suspect-flees.htm|title=Suspect flees Taiwan after NT$70 million stolen from ATMs: police|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> ByAccording to the investigatedinvestigative authority, the cross-nationalinternational criminal hacker group used mobile devices instead of bank cards to activate the cash withdrew-withdrawal process.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/07/16/2003651099|title=ATM heist not an inside job: First Commercial Bank - Taipei Times|website=www.taipeitimes.com|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> Security experts from the company were sent to investigate the security breach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=httphttps://money.cnn.com/2016/07/14/news/bank-atm-heist-taiwan/index.html|title=Taiwan bank ATMs spew out millions after hack|last=Kottasova|first=Ivana|date=2016-07-14|website=CNNMoney|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> ThereAt arethe time of the incident, there were approximately aone thousand cash machines of thethis same kind hackedtype in this incidentuse in Taiwan. were waitingA fordetailed furtherinvestigation throughinto investigationthe vulnerability began immediately.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-banks-theft-idUSKCN0ZT0Y6|title=Taiwan seeks two Russian suspects in $2 million ATM malware heist|date=2016-07-13|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref>

On July 17, July, 2016, TaiwanTaiwanese authorityauthorities declaresdeclared the case to be solved. The hacker group arewas found to composedconsist byof 16 people from [[Russia]], [[Romania]], and [[Latvia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2016/07/17/taiwan-atm-cyber-robbery-arrest/|title=Taiwan says foreign suspects arrested over $2 million ATM cyber robbery|date=2016-07-17|website=Fortune|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref>

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