Jacksonville, Florida, June 18th -- Larry Smith [email protected]
On Sun July 26 2020 10:13, [email protected] wrote: > I remember the article, thought it was in Mexico. > > From: Ken Hohhof > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2020 9:04 AM > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Way too easy > > Didn’t somebody post awhile back news of a couple phone company > electricians being shot and killed at a cell site? I wonder if they > encountered a thief? You’d like to think nobody would get killed over a > router though. > > > > > > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2020 9:44 AM > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Way too easy > > > > I have found the locks at tower sites set to the last 4 digits of the phone > number posted on the sign on the gate. > > Also, may of those gold colored master 4 digit combo locks have their combo > dialed into them of they are open. Many techs will open the gate and hang > the lock on the gate or fence or leave it dangling on the chain. Anyone > can go take a quick glance at the lock and now they have the combo. You > cannot spin the dials on many of them if they are open. > > > > From: Ken Hohhof > > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2020 8:25 AM > > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Way too easy > > > > Tower sites almost always have combination locks not keys, and the tower > leasing companies often use the same combination everywhere. They may have > multiple locks like one for Sprint one for Verizon one for the electric > company etc. but I’ll bet those are the same across the network also. I’ve > even encountered different tower leasing companies that use the same > combination. > > > > I’ve never had access to a cell company shelter, but what do you want to > bet those don’t have unique combinations either. > > > > Also most towers have a sign saying it has security cameras. Many don’t > have cameras, just a sign. > > > > Most of the people accessing cell sites seem to be contractors, from the > crews that install the equipment to the guys maintaining the HVAC and > generators and filters and bait stations and cutting the grass and spraying > Roundup to keep the weeds down. Many people know the combinations. > > > > > > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Jones > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 11:07 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Way too easy > > > > You cant stop a thief with the keys. But I bet some bureaucrat somewhere > pushes a bill to "make sure this can never happen again" that will > ultimately make things worse. > > At least this wasn't a copper thief, those guys destroy everything, this is > just a matter of a router drop and dumping a backup config, easy peasy. > > I'm surprised bigger companies dont have cameras > > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 7:07 PM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2020/arrest-made-following-theft-of-s >print-network-routers-that-took-down-carriers-service-in-texas/ > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
