This is great:

"Andrew Mason from security firm Random Storm bought some network hardware from 
auction site eBay for 99p.

When he switched it on and plugged it in, the device automatically connected to 
the internal network of Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire.
..."

and

"Subsequent investigation found that the internet, or IP, address to which it 
connected was owned by Cap Gemini, in a range of addresses allocated to 
Kirklees Council.

"It is like having a long ethernet cable from the Council office to anywhere 
where I connected the device," said Mr Mason."

More at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7635622.stm
 
Juha-Matti
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