[Info-vax] OpenVMS x64 Atom project

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-06-03 04:09:27 +0000, Dave Froble said:

> I must observe that at this time, ransomware is a rather good friend to 
> VMS.  Caviets are IT people would need to be aware of VMS, and, it may 
> someday be a target.  But not today.

I've been involved in two cases of ransoming on OpenVMS. I expect there 
have been others too, handled quietly. Been involved in OpenVMS 
security breaches, too. Fun times. Not.

If you're not taking steps to secure your apps and source code and 
data—WORM tapes, and/or off-site, and/or whatever—it's time to start 
taking a very serious look around your data centers.

That some of these breaches involved the attackers investigating the 
computer and network environment for weeks or months—before the data 
encryption started—should scare all of us.


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