[70173] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Network Card Theft Causes Internet Outage"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher L. Morrow)
Tue May 4 11:25:48 2004
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 15:24:52 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com>
In-reply-to: <006301c431e7$d42ecda0$6401a8c0@stephen>
To: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
Cc: Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net>,
North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 4 May 2004, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
> Thus spake "Andy Dills" <andy@xecu.net>
> > Just in case any of you don't read slashdot:
> >
> > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1583347,00.asp
> >
> > "Law enforcement officials said four DS-3 cards were reported missing from
> > a Manhattan co-location facility owned by Verizon Communications Inc. The
> > theft at 240 E. 38th St. occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday and is
> > being investigated by New York City Police and members of the joint
> > terrorism task force, according to NYPD spokesman Lt. Brian Burke. "
>
> One must wonder why the headline is "Network Card Theft Causes Internet
> Outage" instead of "Carrier Sercurity Negligence Causes Internet Outage".
blame is bad, hype is good!
