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On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Schumacher, Otto
<[email protected]> wrote:
> If you think about it the hacking was on the PC.  I use of a exposed userid 
> from the PC is the error.
>
> Regards
> Otto H Schumacher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Mike Schwab
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 6:30 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Rather interesting article on "hacking the mainframe" using ftp
>
> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 5:15 PM, John McKown <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> OK, this is more like an authorized system user doing something beyond
>> what they are really supposed to. The real crack would be unauthorized
>> use of a valid id & password/passphrase/cert.
>>
>> I still thought it was interesting.
>>
> I know of one case.  A keylogger was installed on a PC with a 3270 emulator.  
> The captured the userid and password and was able to ftp away a mainframe 
> file of few hundred hospital patients.
> --
> Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
> Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?
>
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Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?

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