Fwd: How to Steal a Mainframe

[Goncalo Costa <goncalo.costa () kpnqwest pt>]

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> Two unidentified unsubs posing as EDS contractors illegally gained access
> to sensitive computer equipment at Sydney International Airport and
> wheeled out a couple of IBM servers. These servers we are told contained
> confidential information and may even hold details of ongoing
> international investigations into terror acts. The data could reveal the
> identities and activities of undercover agents from Western governments.
>
> "The Community and Public Sector Union, which represents customs officers,
> has asked for guarantees that none of its members is at risk as a result
> of the theft.
>
> "The union expressed fears thatthe lives of undercover agents could be
> jeopardised after officers claimed that customs officials were covering up
> the true extent of the damage. Also at risk, they said, are operations
> against terrorists and international drug cartels in which customs
> officers watch the movements of suspects and suspicious cargo in and out
> of the country."

> -----Original Message-----


> From the SMH:
> <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/04/1062548967124.html>
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/04/1062548967124.html
>
> On the night of Wednesday, August 27, two men dressed as computer
> technicians and carrying tool bags entered the cargo processing and
> intelligence centre at Sydney International Airport.
>
> [snip]
> After supplying false names and signatures, they were given access to the
> top-security mainframe room. They knew the room's location and no
> directions were needed.
>
> Inside, they spent two hours disconnecting two computers, which they put
> on trolleys and wheeled out of the room, past the security desk, into the
> lift and out of the building.
>
> [On spec, so to speak, I just looked up some data sheets at IBM. I
> wouldn't mind knowing where these guys work out. The entry level IBM
> Zseries weighs in at 240kg...]

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