[IP] How to Steal a Mainframe

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 16:52:48 +1000
> From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochrane@theage.fairfax.com.au>
> Subject: FW: [LINK] How to Steal a Mainframe
> To: "Dave Farber (E-mail)" <dave@farber.net>
>
> Hi Dave
>
> 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."
>
> Further from the Link list.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces@anu.edu.au [mailto:link-bounces@anu.edu.au]On Behalf Of 
> Chirgwin, Richard
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 2:23 PM
> To: 'link@anu.edu.au'
> Subject: [LINK] How to Steal a Mainframe
>
> 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...]
>
> RC

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