No argument there! :-)

Charles


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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Bob Bridges
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 9:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Can backup mechanisms be used to steal RACF database? was Re:
mainframe hacking "success stories"?

No, ~I~ quoted "there are solid indications" etc.  Mr Mills asserts that
they did not, which is contrary to my own reading but at this remove perhaps
it doesn't matter.  Whatever actually happened at Logica, the important
point is that with read access a hacker would be able to do so, a situation
most ardently to be avoided :).  The lesson I take from this, and pass on to
my clients, is that read access to the security database is a huge exposure
and in most cases - that is, for most user IDs - completely unnecessary.

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