Is this recent? That very same thing was done, jeez, if I remember, about 10 or so years ago, give or take.
And if this is recent, just goes to show you, after it all, nothing really changed very much over the years. I wonder if this or what other tactic could be used to break into a mainframe. Just for the sake of argument, I don't expect it to be an outside job. I've never met at all a mainframe that could be accessed from the "outside." Could be, but I'd think more in the past than in today's world. So most likely it would most likely be an inside job. What do you think? I don't know those sorts of security issues. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Darth Keller [darth.kel...@assurant.com] Sent: 29 June 2011 23:03 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: If you found used gum in the parking lot, would you chew it? http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/06/28/us-govt-plant-usb-sticks-in-security-study-60-of-subjects-take-the-bait/?awesm=tnw.to_19ePa ""Bloomberg reports that The US Department of Homeland recently ran a test on government employees to see how easy it was for hackers to gain access to computer systems, without the need for direct network access. Computer disks and USB sticks were dropped in parking lots of government buildings and private contractors, and 60% of the people who picked them up plugged the devices into office computers. And if the drive or CD had an official logo on it, 90% were installed."" Found this article to be very interesting reading. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
