-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/video/mn_000301_cyberbunker.shtml Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/video/mn_000301_cyberbunker.shtml">BBC Online - Radio 1 - News - Video reports</A> ----- Hack attacks v the bunker Shops on the internet are being advised to step up their security. They're being told the biggest risk they face is not from hackers online, but organised criminals stealing their mainframe computers. Now one firm is offering to lock up the hardware in a secret nuclear bunker. You won't find the bunker anywhere on a map. But when you get here, the massive barbed wire and electric fences hint that something's going on, even if you can't see it till you get inside. Fifty foot underground, a series of blast proof doors protect the computer systems of over 100 companies. "It's a purpose built government designed secure data warehouse," says Dominic Hawken. His internet firm bought it when it got sold off by the MOD. The RAF used it to watch the skies for incoming nuclear missiles. "I can remain isolated from the rest of the world and still function", says Dominic. With it's maze of concrete corridors, it looks like something out of 'Doom'. With a few James Bond style security gadgets thrown in. Paul Lightfoot is the bunker's Operations Manager. "It's designed to take nuclear, chemical or biological attack, so gas tight doors," he says. "The place is set on feet, so if it takes a direct hit the place would vibrate and remain intact." Now for upwards of £10,000 a year, firms are being offered the ultimate lock up for their hard drives. Dominic Hawken says many companies who sell stuff online aren't guarding their hardware from cyber criminals: "If you're running your website in-house and you're quite happily storing credit card records, and so forth, and someone breaks in with a gun and says, I'm going into your server and stealing your server, then obviously you're incredibly vulnerable." But is it a bit over the top? Jungle.com is now one of the country's top internet stores, selling computer hardware, videos and CDs. But boss Steve Bennett says you don't need an underground bunker just to be secure: "It's a little bit excessive. I mean, security is everything on the internet. We're paranoid about security, but physical security is just one of the elements." He adds: "I mean, I'd never run any of my file servers out of a bedroom, you have to have a real secure site, but does the Queen live in a bunker? It's a little bit over the top." But security is not only a headache for the online shops. Shoppers are also worried about their credit card details being kept safe once they've typed them in. "I only usually use major sites like Amazon and BOL, that kind of thing, because they basically guarantee that they're not going to lose any of your details." "You don't have any control of the money they are taking out of your account, or whatever." "It's absolutely vital that these kind of things are covered and it's not just the e-commerce side," says Dominic Hawken. "It's people's personal information that's being stored on servers that you do not want getting into the wrong hands." Relevant links: The Bunker Jungle.com Home | News | Club | Pop | Alt | Inside R1 Message Board ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
