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Laptops stolen from Parliament
From: William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:01:27 -0500
http://australianit.com.au/common/storyPage/0,3811,715221%255E442,00.html Laptops stolen from Parliament FIVE laptop computers worth about $30,000 have been stolen from Parliament House in what appears to have been an inside job. The laptops could allow hackers access to the parliamentary network, a Senate committee heard today. They were taken over a short period of time from secured areas at parliament. Parliamentary official Robert Alison said the laptops appeared to have been taken by parliamentary workers or visitors with security clearance. "It seems strange to me that four or five computers would disappear in a short time, which says to me that there may be a market for them," Mr Alison said. "One of the concerns is that all five of those computers were taken from what we call the private areas of Parliament House, so presumably the person or persons who took them was a passholder of some sort." Mr Alison, the Usher of the Black Rod, said the laptops were protected by passwords but acknowledged their contents were not 100 per cent safe. *-------------------------------------------------* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen. Alfred. M. Gray, USMC --------------------------------------------------- C4I Secure Solutions http://www.c4i.org *-------------------------------------------------* ISN is sponsored by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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