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Datacenter Robbed for the Fourth Time in Two Years

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-quite-a-router-failure dept.

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'."

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  1. The evil thing here by Z00L00K · · Score: 5, Insightful
    is that it was reported as "Router Failures" instead of the real cause.

    And if they have been robbed before - why not increase the security? Four times? - That's some kind of record. Maybe it's time to check if the localization of the whole thing is incorrect and move it to a better location where it's less likely to suffer from this kind of incident?

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  2. Re:Obligatory... by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, it sounds like something out of a ridiculously popular A-movie that makes 100s of millions of dollars. You underestimate the american public's willingness to watch total crap.

  3. Still in business? by Enderandrew · · Score: 5, Insightful

    After the first robbery, I'd seriously consider moving my data. If my data is still there after the second robbery, I feel stupid. If my data is still there after the third robbery, I should lose my job. If my data is still there after the fourth robbery, I need to promoted to executive management.

    The entire purpose of off-site storage is disaster recovery, and prevention of major disasters like this. Why are these guys still in business?

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  4. Fool me once.... by SirLurksAlot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    shame on you. Fool me four or more times shame on me!

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  5. Re:A few possibilities.... by Tim+C · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Armed guards are probably legal, and using the fire suppression system you could probably get away with if you didn't specifically give orders to use it as a weapon, but the electrical booby trap is almost certainly illegal. If nothing else it almost certainly contravenes local health and safety laws.

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  6. couldn't of happened to a nicer company ;) by Indy1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As a company that host spammers, and threatens lawsuits (cartoonies) against anti spammers, I can only hope the crooks stole the spam servers as well.

    http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=cihost.com

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  7. Re:Advertising for a guard - "bring your own gun" by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    1. The police think it was an inside job
    2. The employee wasn't on the premises when the door lock was jimmied open (no, they didn't "cut through a reinforced wall" - they just forced a door open according to the police report and people who went to visit the site the next day to check on their equipment)
    3. Fat chance getting a concealed carry permit in Chicago.

      Illinois is one of the few states that has no provision for the concealed carry of firearms by citizens. Open carry is also illegal, except when hunting. When a firearm is being transported, it must be unloaded and enclosed in a case.
      Only cops and military get CCW permits.

    CI Host doesn't want to spend the money on secure facilities, instead replacing that with a rent-a-dumb-warm-body. Dumb, because taking this job w/o a permit is just begging to be thrown in jail, and if you have the permit, you can sure as heck do better than CI Host.