Don't know if it was reported on any of the newswires in the US ?
It got front page coverage here in Oz
goto:
www.endtime.com
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Mideast-looking men steal airport computers
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Two men described as being of Middle-Eastern appearance walked out of
the intelligence center at Sydney International Airport with two
computers, prompting fears Australia's security has been breached by
terrorists.
The men, dressed as computer technicians, presented themselves to the
security desk Aug. 27 as employees of a company that regularly
provides service to the airport's cargo processing and intelligence
center, according to The Age newspaper of Melbourne, Australia.
The men were given access to the top-security mainframe room after
supplying false names and signatures, and they seemed to know where to
go, the paper said.
Two hours later, the computers had been disconnected, put on trolleys
and wheeled past the security desk into the elevator.
Australia's top security agencies are conducting emergency damage
audits to assess the impact of the breech.
Responding to stern memos from national counter-terror officials, the
Australian Customs Service insisted no sensitive information had been
lost, The Age reported.
But customs officers issued angry denials, contending the two
mainframe servers held thousands of confidential files related to
operations against terrorists and international drug cartels.
A spokesman for Customs Minister Chris Ellison said the system is
being tested to see whether it has been compromised.
"No evidence has emerged to indicate that there has been any
intrusion," Ellison said, according to the Melbourne paper.
The Australian Federal Police, involved in counter-terrorist
operations against al-Qaida and other groups, is investigating the
theft.
The Age said the representative of the customs officers, the Community
and Public Sector Union, wants guarantees that the theft puts none of
its members is at risk.
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