According to comments posted on the disclosure, The Microsoft Security Response Center replied, «The fix is more complex than initially anticipated, and it is very likely that we will not be able to meet the February release deadline due to these memory management issues.» (csoonline.com)
The Microsoft Security Response Center confirmed that the security flaw was more complex than what was expected by its software engineers. (techtimes.com)
«Although this would require cyber criminals to target individual cards and wouldn't result in large scale breaches or theft like we have seen in the U.S., the payment technology used won't protect against retailers who aren't storing payment card data securely, and they will still need to be vigilant in protecting stored data,» Candid Wüest, threat researcher at Symantec Security Response, said. (cnbc.com)