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Re: Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network

From Jeßus <j@j.net>
Newsgroups aus.computers
Subject Re: Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network
Date 2017-04-15 06:12 +1000
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On 14 Apr 2017 09:11:55 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
Kev) wrote:

>Je?us <j@j.net> wrote:
>> Good on them, I suppose :)
>> 
>> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/inmates-built-computers-hidden-in-ceiling-connected-them-to-prison-network
>> 
>> Inmates at a medium-security Ohio prison secretly assembled two
>> functioning computers, hid them in the ceiling, and connected them to
>> the Marion Correctional Institution's network. The hard drives were
>> loaded with pornography, a Windows proxy server, VPN, VOIP and
>> anti-virus software, the Tor browser, password hacking and e-mail
>> spamming tools, and the open source packet analyzer Wireshark.
>
>I wonder how long until someone hacks their way out of a cell?

:)

>> After a three-week search, they were discovered above a training room
>> closet in an area off limits to unsupervised inmates. Ultimately, the
>> authorities traced cable from a networking switch to find the devices
>> that were assembled with discarded computers from an Ohio aircraft
>> parts company and an Ohio school district.
>
>Good thing they didn't have WiFi, it might have taken them years to
>find. :)

Wifi must cause such places major headaches... never really given that
much thought until now.

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Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2017-04-14 08:23 +1000
  Re: Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-04-14 09:11 +1000
    Re: Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2017-04-15 06:12 +1000
      Re: Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-04-15 15:38 +1000
        Re: Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2017-04-15 18:12 +1000

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