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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Bevan Slattery <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bevan@slattery.net.au" target="_blank">bevan@slattery.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Chris + Ausnog,<div><br></div><div>Seriously guys. This thread should stop because frankly it's stupid.</div><div><br></div><div>1. If you think the greatest (or significant) risk to network disruption is the vector you are suggesting, then you lack real imagination</div><div>2. If you don't operate your business without physical separation in your business continuity plans then you are negligent (read 1)</div><div>3. If you want to keep banging the drum on this specific vector then you are damaging your credibility (read 1 and 2)</div><div>4. If you, or anyone on this list actually operates infrastructure that is critical in nature then we chat about these things in responsible forums - and guess what? It's not Ausnog.</div><div><br></div><div>Move on people - please moderators. Kill thread.</div><div><br></div><div>[b]</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 September 2016 at 11:50, chrismacko80 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrismacko80@gmail.com" target="_blank">chrismacko80@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Mark et alii,<br>
<br>
I'm unsure if I follow what you mean "You're still over estimating how<br>
easy these materials are to get in the volumes necessary for the<br>
attack to be effective". If I read it the way it comes across, I think<br>
you're saying it's much harder to get the volumes for the attack to be<br>
effective/pose an issue rather than a threat. To outline a few items,<br>
I recall times of assisting clients with server installations, at<br>
times, an individual piece of specialised equipment would weigh up to<br>
600kgs, this equipment was never reviewed or checked, it was only<br>
approximately 10RU in size. This was in the same building as one of<br>
the ASX data centres located in Melbourne. In addition, in other<br>
locations, fully populated racks were allowed to be wheeled into<br>
facilities, again without any checks or scrutiny.<br>
<br>
I've seen many gaps of a physical nature in many industries, even the<br>
lack of physical security even in our agriculture. I was stunned to<br>
see a water shed around 100m when I stayed in the Barossa Valley at a<br>
cottage for a weeks' retreat and saw a pesticide shed that added<br>
chemicals to their dam for what appeared to be the supply of water to<br>
their grapes and was stunned when the person working that day left the<br>
door open to the shed, and rarely came back. Councils will not allow<br>
residents to plant fruit trees in council lands (including verge<br>
policies) for risk of someone poisoning an individual fruit tree and<br>
the follow on effect of this, and yet our fruit producers have their<br>
product available in most cases without fence, it is a little<br>
surprising.<br>
<br>
Itt appears that our agriculture is also a concern, in particular as<br>
some countries are indeed motivated to affect our liberties and<br>
somewhat free ways of life. See<br>
<a href="http://medicalfuturist.com/disruptive-technologies-bioterrorism/?ct=t(Newsletter_2014_07_177_17_2014)" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://medicalfuturist.com/dis<wbr>ruptive-technologies-bioterror<wbr>ism/?ct=t(Newsletter_2014_07_<wbr>177_17_2014)</a>.<br>
Going somewhat off topic, there's even gaps in the physical security<br>
to the gas supply to the Adelaide AGL power plant, where the two gas<br>
pipelines leading up to the power plant are clearly visible at points<br>
and are not monitored via CCTV, the above ground points are not even<br>
contained within a secure shed. You drive through the roads and if<br>
you're motivated to find out where the gas pipeline runs, it's not<br>
that hard to see. You have direct access to the pipeline under the<br>
bridge to Torrens Island, Adelaide, someone has cut the security mesh<br>
on the underside of the bridge many years ago, and no one at AGL cared<br>
that I contacted, I did contact their security office, employees that<br>
were contacts with us at the time, and also the gas contractor who<br>
didn't seem to be too bothered about any risks existing. Who really is<br>
assessing the potential risks of others to damage assets of our<br>
country? I certainly don't believe they're doing it to a sufficient<br>
degree given just how in the open things appear to be, and I'm sorry<br>
for saying this, it may offend some.<br>
<br>
On some good news, I came across this article in methods of explosive<br>
detection which outlines possible ways of achieving scanning<br>
capabilities, including;<br>
<br>
1.1 Colorimetrics & Automated Colorimetrics<br>
1.2 Dogs<br>
1.3 Honey bees<br>
1.4 Mechanical scent detection<br>
1.5 Spectrometry<br>
1.6 X-ray machines<br>
1.7 Neutron activation<br>
1.8 Silicon nanowires for trace detection of explosives<br>
<br>
If you're interested to see more, please see<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_detection" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Explosive_detection</a>.<br>
<br>
Overnight, I woke up with a thought and decided to go back to bed<br>
think a little more about it. Is it possible the Syrian group I<br>
mentioned yesterday may also be working on strategies to influence<br>
programmers in particular in regard to installing filters into an<br>
individuals mind - as programmers if we see something unusual or<br>
different, we generally inspect the source code, what if that had<br>
something harmful present for our mind? If that slush fund is as high<br>
as has been advised, they certainly have ways of being funded to<br>
challenge the status quo with developing new potentially harmful<br>
technology, what other ways could they use the money to influence or<br>
disrupt other countries? What if source code was written in a way that<br>
interfaces with our mind to install filters? I don't know if this is<br>
possible, it's certainly not my area of expertise, however<br>
programming, hosting, software, risk assessment and security are. Are<br>
there certain governments that have invested into placing filters into<br>
our own minds through technological means? We are a massive biological<br>
computer, has someone or a group found how to interface with it on a<br>
low level and are testing by trial and error how to interface at a<br>
higher level? I do understand that this is getting beyond the realms<br>
of most, and indeed it is beyond my own current knowledge.<br>
<br>
Thanks for everyone that replied off list and phone conversations -<br>
some comments were raised including specialist security meetings on<br>
this topic and others in government areas of decision making - there's<br>
lots of invaluable data that you've shared and I can understand why<br>
you wouldn't want this to be made public - I can see that the issue is<br>
much larger than I first envisaged.<br>
<br>
Chris Macko.<br>
<br>
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Mark Smith <<a href="mailto:markzzzsmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">markzzzsmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<span>> On 26 September 2016 at 23:33, chrismacko80 <<a href="mailto:chrismacko80@gmail.com" target="_blank">chrismacko80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Still seem to be getting some emails being blocked via gmail, so have<br>
>> initiated a seperate thread in replies to all that have been received<br>
>> to date;<br>
>><br>
>> Thomas Jackson - Thanks for your reply. I find it somewhat odd that we<br>
>> have bulletproof glass considered at the front entry foyer yet no<br>
>> process for checking for such harmful substances being wheeled in.<br>
>> Which poses a more significant threat and likelihood - a data centre<br>
>> isn't somewhere that you hold up as it doesn't contain any cash in<br>
>> most cases!<br>
>><br>
><br>
</span>> You're still over estimating how easy these materials are to get in<br>
> the volumes necessary for the attack to be effective. I have some<br>
> insights as I have a close relative who is licensed by the government<br>
> to acquire and use these sorts of materials, and I've been present<br>
> when they've been used.<br>
><br>
> This is not a significant threat.<br>
><br>
> <snip><br>
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