<story><title>Stolen Picasso and Mondrian paintings found stashed in a ravine in Greece</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/world/europe/greece-picasso-mondrian-stolen-art.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>klyrs</author><text>&amp;gt; He took the metro into town, changed clothes in a park next to the gallery and waited until the museum’s 9 p.m. closing time, before finding a balcony with unsecured doors. When he moved a door and a beep sounded, he said, he reconsidered his course of action ... &amp;quot;That&amp;#x27;s when I decided that annoying the security guard was the best way to do the theft, by making him believe that there was a technical problem in the alarm zones,&amp;quot; the suspect told the police. So he opened and closed the door several times to confuse the guards.&lt;p&gt;This is a great hack, applicable to probably most human security.  Can it apply to computer security?  Well, if you&amp;#x27;ve ever been inclined to silence an alarm you can&amp;#x27;t diagnose...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vl</author><text>Or he is well-versed in classics - this is exactly what happens in “How to Steal a Million” with Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole.</text></comment>
<story><title>Stolen Picasso and Mondrian paintings found stashed in a ravine in Greece</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/world/europe/greece-picasso-mondrian-stolen-art.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>klyrs</author><text>&amp;gt; He took the metro into town, changed clothes in a park next to the gallery and waited until the museum’s 9 p.m. closing time, before finding a balcony with unsecured doors. When he moved a door and a beep sounded, he said, he reconsidered his course of action ... &amp;quot;That&amp;#x27;s when I decided that annoying the security guard was the best way to do the theft, by making him believe that there was a technical problem in the alarm zones,&amp;quot; the suspect told the police. So he opened and closed the door several times to confuse the guards.&lt;p&gt;This is a great hack, applicable to probably most human security.  Can it apply to computer security?  Well, if you&amp;#x27;ve ever been inclined to silence an alarm you can&amp;#x27;t diagnose...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>alexpetralia</author><text>There must be some infosec term for this, but I&amp;#x27;d imagine it&amp;#x27;s close to &amp;quot;signal poisoning&amp;quot; - turning signal into noise.</text></comment>