[Dailydave] Zagaria's COMSEC

[darkpassenger at unseen.is]

anybody from Italy can confirm whether that country generally has a 
"typical" ( FCC-grade Civil , not .mil serious ) SIGINT spectrum 
monitoring that exists even here at 3rd world and how did they missed 
the channels being used for a long time and didnt pay a visit to one of 
the DFed locations ?

so a Sopranos quote is in order -- hats off to James Gandolfini

Dr. Jennifer Melfi: Sounds to me like Anthony Jr. may have stumbled onto 
existentialism.
Tony Soprano: Fukin' internet.

-dp

On 2015-01-27 06:13, Alfonso De Gregorio wrote:
> Organized crime is usually aware of the importance of cover,
> concealment and compartmentalization for an effective COMSEC. And
> Camorra don't seem to have encountered a block of creativity or
> pragmatism when it comes to tooling in this area.
> 
> Take Michele Zagaria, a boss of Casalesi clan: Hidden in a secretly
> built bunker, for years he communicated with his affiliates and
> avoided being wiretapped or eavesdropped upon by hidden microphones.
> Lately, Italian state attorneys managed to figure out how he did so
> [1].
> 
> Mr Zagaria built a town-wide intercom network connecting his hovel
> with a number of buildings. Two of the most notable aspects that
> emerged from investigations are: 1. cables were mostly buried under
> the road surface --- one wonders about the degree of complicity by the
> local authorities; and 2. the intercom network was equipped with
> autonomous power supply, signal amplifiers, and anti-wiretapping
> devices.
> 
> The investigators became aware of the existence of the hidden network
> when, during a tapped phone call, somebody said: "She is talking on
> the intercom with uncle Michele." One is reminded of James Clapper's
> remark that "People must communicate. They will make mistakes, and we
> will exploit them."
> 
> [1] (I'm sorry, Italian only because this don't seem to have been
> covered by the anglophone press)
> http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/cronaca/15_gennaio_26/zagaria-aveva-creato-rete-illegale-citofoni-parlare-gregari-89eb6a4a-a531-11e4-ba90-c267c7382a44.shtml
> 
> 
> -- alfonso    @secYOUre
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