Don't forget about physical security - Australia

Matthew Sullivan matthew at sorbs.net
Sat Sep 6 06:26:42 UTC 2003


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




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