[61843] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Don't forget about physical security - Australia
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Sullivan)
Sat Sep 6 02:27:19 2003
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 16:26:42 +1000
From: Matthew Sullivan <matthew@sorbs.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0309060206250.4234-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Sean Donelan wrote:
>Two people dressed as computer technicians entered Australia's mainframe
>data center for customs and intelligence centre at the Sydney
>International Airport. They impersonated EDS technicians hired to repair
>the mainframes. They spent two hours disconnecting the mainframe
>communications equipment. They then put the equipment on trolleys
>and pushed them out the front door past the guards.
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Funny thing was the TV news over here showed the 'mainframes' looking
like a couple of old Compaq Prolient Rackmount units...
/ Mat
