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Re: "Network Card Theft Causes Internet Outage"

  • From: Christopher L. Morrow
  • Date: Tue May 04 11:27:19 2004 
On Tue, 4 May 2004, Stephen Sprunk wrote:

>
> Thus spake "Andy Dills" <[email protected]>
> > 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".

blame is bad, hype is good!