[Info-vax] Some attackers are going after older operating systems

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-10-20, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> A while back one of our customers had a problem.  Apparently someone got to
> at least one of the WEENDOZE PCs in the accounting department with a KB logger.
>
> In addition to getting at credit card stuff, they also used "ransomware" software
> to get to the rest of the PCs in the company.
>
> Company would not pay ransom, just rebuilt all the PCs.  Of course, also destroying
> potential information that might have allowed some activity to be tracked.
>
> Never came near the VMS system, which runs everything, and why company could just
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That you know of.

> rebuild all the PCs.  They were advised to look closely at an inside job.
>

Simon.

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