Sophisticated museum security system defeated by a phone call
Sophisticated museum security system defeated by a phone call
Gold artworks worth $2 million stolen from University of British Columbia after caller tells campus security there is a problem with the system and to ignore any alarms that might go off. picked by tigertony 4 months ago
tags heist theft gold artwork museum university
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 kidsized...
4 months ago
So there was not a challenge based security question in place when dealing with the security company? Brilliant!
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 Magellan
4 months ago
I would feel incredibly smart if I was the theif and incredibly stupid if I was the person who took the phone call.
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 pfortner...
4 months ago
It's what hackers called "social engineering". Campus security should have at least showed up considering the valuables located at the location.
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 KingKoop...
4 months ago
The gas mask and bear spray was an ingenious touch-- I never would have thought of that.
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