Really hard to feel bad for this company. 1. Left a platform that worked well for year for something "shiny and new" 2. Apparently didn’t test security after implementation or keep current on fixes 3. Unless this is just a billing company, I have a hard time feeling sorry for any "debt collector".
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Regan Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 8:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Fwd: Cyber-Heist That Impacted Millions Bankrupts Medical Debt Collector (Mainframe related) >From the article: ... Fuchs said the company, which he founded in 1977, originally had its own IBM mainframe that served AMCA’s purposes “well for many years.” But changes in technology (most notably, the shift to cloud computing) made it clear, he said, that continued reliance on the office system “would not be tenable in the long term. "After years of planning, Fuchs wrote, the company moved its systems to a cloud service provider in 2015. The company invested over a million dollars on, among other precautions, the hiring of “outside IT consultants” to ensure AMCA’s data security protocols reflected “current technological standards.” ... https://gizmodo.com/massive-cyber-heist-bankrupts-medical-debt-collector-1835630684 Regards, Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1 USNR-Retired Nationwide Insurance, Retired ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
