Network Card Theft Causes Internet Outage

[Ilwrath]

I'd like to know what I'm missing, so don't take this the wrong way, but...four ethernet cards have been stolen from a new york office... what does that have to do with anything, and why is it even remotely interesting?

AFAIK, DS3 cards are special network cards for DSL ISP's/telecom coorperations.
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That is, 1 DS3 card can have more then 10 connections (28 ?) all with their own IP adresses or give a home user a IP adress.... Let's just call it an overblown router/switch..

Exactly.  DS-3's are big time connections.  Each can have the bandwidth of up to 28 T1 connections.  So stealing 4 DS-3 cards could knock out up to an equivalent of 114 T1 lines.  That is quite an accomplishment.  Usually, unseating one DS-3 for even just a second or two should send people scampering into the room to see what's the matter.  

My guess is that it was a company that offshored their admin duties.  ...and an ex-admin took advantage, knowing that no one left in the building knew what was in the "magic closet."  ;-)

Now, why is this being investigated as a terrorist incident???  Well, it was a crime against a corporation's profits.   I think that says a lot about our priorities.  Thanks, Bush.   :pissed:

[Ilwrath]

Two things: Manhattan has something called "Wall Street" on it [...]

Yes, but this wasn't involving Wall Street, in any way, other than maybe to a slight negative effect on some companies who's stocks are traded there?

and the antiterrorism guys 1. have a lot of authority to streamline the crimefighting process (every criminal is a 'terrorist' now), and 2. need to look useful to justify their funding.

And that's the problem.  Terrorists aren't treated with the same due process as other criminals.  And now, everyone is getting prosecuted as a terrorist.  It's pretty clear that a router theft (even of an expensive router that was in use) isn't terrorism.  THAT'S my problem with the current priorities....