On 5 Aug 2007 03:34:04 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Clark, > >I found this quote at >http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdbln/is_200303/ai_ziff38166/pg_2. > >"ISM spokeswoman Anne Mowat confirmed that the hard drive was taken from a >standard PC workstation and was a backup to information stored elsewhere."
Given the data described and the number of different companies, I wonder what was going on at ISM. It SEEMED like data that would not be in the same application and that would not be run for multiple companies. > > >Ron > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark Morris >> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 3:49 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Theft of spindles was Re: PCI Compliance - >> Encryption of all non-console administrative access. >> >> On 1 Aug 2007 23:33:41 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> >> >> The drives were stolen in February of 2003 from ISM, an IBM subsidiary >> and the implication was that at least some of them were mainframe >> related. This story >> http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2003/02/03/ism_030203.html from the >> Canadian Broadcasting Corporation didn't have those implications but >> other stories at the time did. For example, while the subsequent >> links don't work this gives more of the flavor >> http://www.priva-c.com/privacyhorizon/lessonslearned_ism.asp >> . I suspect that this was a swapped out drive. Given that more than >> one company was involved, it looks like it was a drive in some kind of >> RAID configuration that had parts of logical drives on the physical >> drive. >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

