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RE: Don't forget about physical security - Australia

  • From: St. Clair, James
  • Date: Mon Sep 08 15:04:30 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:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 2:13 AM
To: [email protected]
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.