Darth Keller wrote: >Quote: "gushed out of its (Target's)mainframes." >Is the author really implying this was a mainframe hack? Really? >Keep in mind that this is what the CEO's, CIO's, etc. will read.
It wasn't a mainframe hack--we know that. It was a POS hack. Having said that, it's not impossible that it was able to suck data out of (perhaps) a DB2 database on z/OS, from the POS. That seems unlikely but ... In any case, that isn't a "mainframe hack"; calling it one is like blaming the manufacturer of a table after you left your wallet sitting on it unprotected and someone swiped it (yes, "table" pun intended!). ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
