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Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network

Ohio prison's lax supervision was akin to "an episode from Hogan's Heroes."

Inmates at a medium-security Ohio prison secretly assembled two functioning computers, hid them in the ceiling, and connected them to the Marion Correctional Institution's network. The hard drives were loaded with pornography, a Windows proxy server, VPN, VOIP and anti-virus software, the Tor browser, password hacking and e-mail spamming tools, and the open source packet analyzer Wireshark.

That's according to a new report (PDF) from the Ohio Office of the Inspector General, which concluded that the geeky inmates obtained the parts from an onsite computer skills and electronics recycling program. The agency's IT department, according to the report, initially was alerted to a connected device, using a contractor's stolen credentials, that had "exceeded a daily Internet usage threshold." The computers were operational for about four months. After a three-week search, they were discovered above a training room closet in an area off limits to unsupervised inmates. Ultimately, the authorities traced cable from a networking switch to find the devices that were assembled with discarded computers from an Ohio aircraft parts company and an Ohio school district. (more behind the source link, plus 2 more photos)

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Inmates: 1 | System: 0

BBWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!

I don't follow.... what's HIDDEN about it?? Is it a crime to build a computer?? Should be the other way round.. - should get PAID for it, seems to ME....??

domainator2010 said:

I don't follow.... what's HIDDEN about it?? Is it a crime to build a computer?? Should be the other way round.. - should get PAID for it, seems to ME....??

They hid it in the ceiling. They're not allowed to build anything, much less a computer that access the outside world. That's why it's called prison - it takes away freedoms. I gotta give them props for improvisation.

So they can show their rape videos on Facebook.

2freaky4church1 said:

So they can show their rape videos on Facebook.

You no what?! Trying not to laugh...

That's just wrong...

TrivialPursuit said:

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Inmates built computers hidden in ceiling, connected them to prison network

Ohio prison's lax supervision was akin to "an episode from Hogan's Heroes."

Inmates at a medium-security Ohio prison secretly assembled two functioning computers, hid them in the ceiling, and connected them to the Marion Correctional Institution's network. The hard drives were loaded with pornography, a Windows proxy server, VPN, VOIP and anti-virus software, the Tor browser, password hacking and e-mail spamming tools, and the open source packet analyzer Wireshark.

That's according to a new report (PDF) from the Ohio Office of the Inspector General, which concluded that the geeky inmates obtained the parts from an onsite computer skills and electronics recycling program. The agency's IT department, according to the report, initially was alerted to a connected device, using a contractor's stolen credentials, that had "exceeded a daily Internet usage threshold." The computers were operational for about four months. After a three-week search, they were discovered above a training room closet in an area off limits to unsupervised inmates. Ultimately, the authorities traced cable from a networking switch to find the devices that were assembled with discarded computers from an Ohio aircraft parts company and an Ohio school district. (more behind the source link, plus 2 more photos)

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Inmates: 1 | System: 0

BBWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!

Next time these inmates build a computer...

They'll know to check for daily Internet usage and bandwidth usage: max / mini. Also they could have download free software that allowed them to upload/download video to a ZIP file to keep usage/bandwith down. Oh well... you live and learn until the next time

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[Edited 4/19/17 16:13pm]

impressive!

2freaky4church1 said:

So they can show their rape videos on Facebook.

I don't actually follow what this means - but - anyway, they should be hung and castrated, if that's the case....