[70174] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Network Card Theft Causes Internet Outage"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andy Dills)
Tue May 4 11:33:54 2004
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:33:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net>
To: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com>
Cc: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>,
North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405041524410.5847@sharpie.argfrp.us.uu.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 4 May 2004, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> 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!
Interestingly, the word is that Sprint is blaming this 100% on Verizon,
first claiming outright theft (publically, to customers who called asking
for an explanation), later toning that down to something like "a Verizon
union worker damaged our equipment".
So it's a fingerpointing battle, Sprint pointing fingers at Verizon,
Verizon pointing fingers at terrorists.
Andy
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