Cobol mainframes make it easier to exploit vulnerabilities by hackers

The use of many mainframes by the US government is at the root of several intrusions of hackers. Modernization of the governmental system remains the best protection.

                 Professor Min-Seok Pang studied the vulnerabilities of the Cobol and Fortran systems                                                                                          operated by the US /

New publications contradict the commonly held assertion about the security of computer systems based on the Cobol and Fortran languages. The platforms would indeed be safer because hackers would not be familiar with these technologies. A recent study on the piracy of US government systems - published by Temple University and the University of Texas - on the contrary indicates that these obsolete systems, which can not ...