https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/cstbsite/documents/webpage/cstb_042463.pdf indicates that Lexis Nexis was the backend. But there was a plan for modernization and to reduce a perceived monopoly by Lexis Nexis by using COTS and free software.
Rob Schramm On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 1:23 AM Edward Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote: > Does anyone know if the EDGAR system used by the SEC is run on an IBM > mainframe? > > The Securities and Exchange Commission, the top U.S. markets regulator, > has disclosed that a cyber attack on its electronic system for storing > public-company filings last year may have allowed for some illegal trading. > In a statement issued late Wednesday, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said the > “incident” was caused by “a software vulnerability” in its filing system, > though he did not provide further details on the scale of possible illicit > trading caused by the breach. The hack was detected in 2016 but regulators > only learned in August that some information obtained by the hackers may > have led to illicit trading, Clayton said. The SEC, which stores the > financial disclosure documents of thousands of public companies and > financial firms in its EDGAR filing system, said it is cooperating with the > “appropriate authorities” in an ongoing investigation of the breach. > READ IT AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL < > https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-discloses-edgar-corporate-filing-system-was-hacked-in-2016-1505956552 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Rob Schramm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
