"Network Card Theft Causes Internet Outage"

Tue May 4 15:13:33 UTC 2004

I admit, my first reaction was, "Maybe they should interview anyone
that just brought in an empty router chassis.... and now has  DS3's
running..." (gotta keep a hot spare after all)

** Reply to message from "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen at sprunk.org> on Tue,
4 May 2004 09:37:10 -0500

> Thus spake "Andy Dills" <andy at 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".
> 
> S
> 
> Stephen Sprunk        "Stupid people surround themselves with smart
> CCIE #3723           people.  Smart people surround themselves with
> K5SSS         smart people who disagree with them."  --Aaron Sorkin

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Jeff Shultz
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