Australian authorities have ordered an urgent review of security at Sydney's international airport after the theft of two mainframe computers from a restricted customs area.
It is believed they were taken by two men posing as technicians at the end of August.
“Airport theft shocks Australia [1]”
How do you “steal” not one, but two mainframes?
A mainframe.
We're not talking a PC (Personal Computer) here, nor even something like a typical server, but a mainframe. These are not small machines—these are honking large machines the size of industrial refridgerators.
Or larger.
When you mention mainframe, I'm thinking something a bit larger than the Sun Fire 15K (6′2.75″ × 2′9¼″ × 6′5″ in size!) [2] (which may or may not be a mainframe).
And two guys just waltzed out with two of them.
Unless the reporter mistook “server” for “mainframe,” which I find more believable …
[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3083228.stm