[AusNOG] Telstra Exchange Access (Break-in's)

Matt Perkins matt at spectrum.com.au
Wed Aug 21 14:36:44 EST 2019


I bet ASD are taking a long hard look into this.

Matt.



On 21/8/19 2:20 pm, Paul Wilkins wrote:
> Yet more concerning is the vulnerability of exchanges to unauthorised 
> entry, and where there's been no damage, no one's made aware of the 
> security breach...
>
> On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 at 14:09, Nathan Brookfield 
> <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au 
> <mailto:Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     26 exchanges, that’s absolutely insane, thanks for that Evan!
>
>     *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>     <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>> *On Behalf Of *Evan Dent
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, August 21, 2019 2:07 PM
>     *To:* <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>>
>     <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>>
>     *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Telstra Exchange Access (Break-in's)
>
>     I'd seen a few news articles about it .
>
>     https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-calls-in-police-after-26-exchanges-broken-into-528846
>
>     On Wed, 21 Aug. 2019, 1:34 pm Nathan Brookfield,
>     <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au
>     <mailto:Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au>> wrote:
>
>         Has anyone else seen the notice from Telstra about exchange
>         access? Apparently they’ve had a spate of Break and Enters to
>         exchange facilities and they’ve suffered “significant damage
>         to critical electrical equipment”.
>
>         I just happened to stumble across this Incident Notice but
>         first I’m hearing of it….
>
>         Seems very random and suspicious!
>
>         Kindest Regards,
>
>         Nathan Brookfield (VK2NAB)
>
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