Don't forget about physical security - Australia

Mon Sep 8 19:00:29 UTC 2003

My apologies to spamming Sean - here is the link to the tale:

Personal Message:
Brilliant display of chutzpah and social engineering.

The brazen airport computer theft that has Australia's anti-terror fighters
up in arms
By Philip Cornford
September 5, 2003

URL: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/04/1062548967124.html

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Donelan [mailto:sean at donelan.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 2:13 AM
To: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Don't forget about physical security - Australia

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.