http://www.news.com.au
/story/0,23599,22345160-2,00.html
APEC security arrangements have been thrown into disarray
with the theft of
digitally encrypted police radios and a bullet-proof
vest.
The Sunday Telegraph reports that statewide memos have been
issued to police
working during the APEC weekend to advise against using
special frequencies
that can be picked up by the missing radios.
The loss of the vital pieces of equipment poses a major
headache for NSW
Police, who are under extreme pressure from both the State
and Federal
governments to ensure there are no security breaches over
the APEC weekend.
---
What no Over The Air Re-keying for net exclusion, or perhaps
the radios
aren't unique? It's my understanding that the Project 25
stuff used in the
U.S. wouldn't be similarly vulnerable on two counts: OTAR
with remote key
management and role based security.
more in the Australian news article:
Worth around $5000 each, the digital encryption system
radios cannot be
picked up by regular scanners.
The NSW Government has spent an estimated $18 million in the
past three
years to convert the old police radio network to a digital
system.
The source said it was understood several digital radios had
also been
stolen from NSW Fire Brigade stations in the inner west in
recent weeks.
---
I'd imagine if they are actually vulnerable as a result of
the radio
thefts, they've bought the wrong equipment, or at least
certainly paid too much.
Note the contrast with the Olympics:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2004/08/11/1174423.h
tm
Radio theft 'doesn't compromise' Games security
Posted Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:54pm AEST
Thieves have stolen six communication radios used by Olympic
Games
organisers but police say the state-of-the-art devices pose
no security risk.
...
"They were taken on the night of August 4 from
cardboard boxes that
contained other equipment, but they cannot be used by anyone
now," Mr
Economou said.
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What appears to have rendered them harmless is that they
weren't keyed.
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