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:sean@donelan.com] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 2:13 AM To: nanog@merit.edu 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.