My father was a journalist, and about twice a decade he would write a feature article on scams. I was shocked at the fact that criminals could successfully use well known ancient scams instead of inventing new ones. I would have naíevely thought that nobody in this day and age would fall for the, e.g., Bank Examiner, Pigeon Drop, but, alas, they do. The same applies to security breaches; I can understand getting caught by a day zero exploit, but why are people getting caught by things we've known about for decades?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Bob Bridges [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2023 12:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ransomware on z I've a favorite author who points out that criminals mostly are optimists. They think everyone else is a sucker and they're smarter than everyone else, they therefore think they can't get caught, and they risk 12 years in prison for a haul they could get with a mere eight months of honest work. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* Now if you're destined to have a not very interesting life -- and I was so destined -- the next best thing, if you're going to be a writer, is to have a huge family. ...when you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope Diamond. And that encourages you to talk too much. -columnist Russell Baker on listening skills */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2023 16:13 This falls into the category of "things I just don't get": if that had been me, I'd've woken up every single morning wondering if this was the day that my access would be gone, and whether there was about to be a loud knock on the door (at least). Yes, I know, this wasn't in the U.S. so the cops would have been less violent, but still-if I were out committing crimes, I'd want them to be over as soon as possible so I could continue on with my life, knowing that there was some chance of evidence leading to me, but not with a continuous, live channel leading back to me! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
