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Datacenter Robbed for the Fourth Time in Two Years
mariushm writes "According to the Register, the Chicago-based colocation datacenter C I Host was attacked by armed intruders recently, making it the the fourth time in two years that armed thugs have made off with data. According to a letter C I Host officials sent customers, 'At least two masked intruders entered the suite after cutting into the reinforced walls with a power saw ... During the robbery, C I Host's night manager was repeatedly tazered and struck with a blunt instrument. After violently attacking the manager, the intruders stole equipment belonging to C I Host and its customers.' Aggravating the situation, C I Host representatives took several days to admit the most recent breach, according to several customers who said they lost equipment, all the while reporting the problems as 'router failures'."
It turns out the router was unable to route wherever the thieves had taken it.
I agree, the routers _didn't_ fail, that's how the thieves got in in the first place.
Suddenly, buying an old army bunker complex to house your datacenter doesn't seem that excessive.
'At least two masked intruders entered the suite after cutting into the reinforced walls with a power saw ... During the robbery, C I Host's night manager was repeatedly tazered and struck with a blunt instrument.
Good on them for hiring the disabled! Although perhaps the night manager position is not one suited to someone so deaf that they can't hear a Sawz-All cutting though the wall...
Three Squirrels
down at the pawn shop!
No, one door to the left in the clutch room.
rj
After the second time they would have someone sitting in there all
the time with this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&W_Model_500
Awwww yeah...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxLmiYiwvus
Take my server now bro!! I dare ya!
Ok, sure it kinda sucks that the place you store your data was robbed 4 times... but what are the odds it could happen a 5th time?
reinforced with what though? a few years worth of playboy calendars?
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
replaced the servers with an IBM BladeCenter.
Illinois is one of the most anti-gun states
Sounds like a great reason to locate a data center in Texas.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
fool me can't get fooled again?
Or Maybe arming some of the guards - but then again Chicago has some very restrictive gun laws, including a complete ban on handguns, so this may not be possible without relocating. But, that's unpossible! Everyone knows that once you ban guns in an area, crime immediately ceases and the criminals turn to a life of petting puppies and painting rainbow butterflies. Sheesh. To hear you talk, one would think that the criminals would (gasp!) exploit a legally-imposed tactical advantage or something.
Ah yes, Canada is a magical place where there is no crime and people shit pure butterscotch.
The night manager was unavailable for comment as he kept stuttering and jerking.
Okay Frankie. Youse got da info we need to break inta da place, right?
Yeah boss! Lookie here, on da webpage!
Name: CDC-03
Location: 900 North Franklin, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60610
NPA/NXX: 312/640
Not bad, Frankie...not bad! Uh-oh...what's dis? Dis could hold us up...
No signage, nondescript building
No problemo, boss! See? They gave us a picture!
*snort* An dey call us teeves dumb...
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"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." --President "ugh" George W Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.