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> On August 7, 2015, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) notified the Office of the Ohio Inspector General that on July 27, 2015, Marion
by jlgaddis 9y ago
> On August 7, 2015, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) notified the Office of the Ohio Inspector General that on July 27, 2015, Marion Correctional Institution (MCI) staff had discovered two unauthorized personal computers hidden on a plywood board in the ceiling above a closet in a training room. The two computers were connected to ODRC’s computer network and were not owned by the State of Ohio.
-- "Report of Investigation" [0] (PDF), Office of the Inspector General, State of Ohio
They used them for, well, pretty much exactly what you might guess they would use them for [1]:
> The inmates used the computers for credit card fraud, reading material on how to make drugs and weapons, download porn and music, etc.
Articles:
- "Prison Inmates Built And Hid DIYs Computers In Ceiling, Hacked The Prison Network" [1]
- "Two Ohio inmates hacked their prison from the inside using makeshift computers built from spare parts" [2]
[0]: http://watchdog.ohio.gov/Portals/0/pdf/investigations/2015-CA00043.pdf http://watchdog.ohio.gov/Portals/0/pdf/investigations/2015-C...
[1]: https://fossbytes.com/prison-inmates-diy-computer-hidden-ceiling-hacked-prison-network/ https://fossbytes.com/prison-inmates-diy-computer-hidden-cei...
[2]: https://qz.com/958503/two-ohio-inmates-hacked-their-prison-from-the-inside-using-makeshift-computers-built-from-spare-parts/ https://qz.com/958503/two-ohio-inmates-hacked-their-prison-f...
- agumonkey 9y agoDidn't find pics of their computers but damn that was an epic hustle.