The most important concern for any individual or a huge data center containing thousands of gigabytes of data is security. With the advancement of technology, many security tools are used by companies to secure their data. But a security expert found a single “flaw” in one of the data centers, allowing him to gain access to precious data. Security expert, Andrew Tierney, posted a detailed thread on Twitter explaining how he gained physical access to the data center using a “pee corridor”. Mr. Tierney, who works at security firm Pen Test Partners, stated in tweets that this is one of his most notable feats.
He posted a diagram to demonstrate the separate restroom areas of the facility yet to be identified for the shared office space and the secure section where the IT infrastructure is located. However, the two restrooms are interconnected, and Mr. Tierney discovered a shared passageway serving the restrooms running behind both rows of cabinets. This, according to the security expert, is the “pee corridor”.
He found it possible to gain access through a disguised door in a room for the disabled, a larger room built for wheelchairs, on either side of the secure border / not safe, according to Mr. Tierney’s tweet. He entered the bathroom on the side of the common office area and then reached the “pee corridor” through the accessible chamber, to the supposedly safe side in the same way.
One of my favorite physical access jobs to the restroom involves the data center.
Let me explain.
I need to get access from the less secure side of the sub basement to the more secure side.
Shared office space to data center. pic.twitter.com/5C4yXD1Yeq
– Cybergibbons (@cybergibbons) July 4, 2022
Mr Tierney did not mention whether the concealed doors were secured to prevent curious guests entering the restroom from entering the access space, or whether he had to choose a padlock to allow access. or not, follow Register brought a report of his discovery.
Mr Tierney claimed that he only did this after making sure “no one else was in the other accessible room”.
The security expert is overjoyed with his success, noting that he has escaped data center security measures, including mantrap-style gates that require employees to hand over any devices. digital devices when entering.
He added that the bathroom layout had been shown on public zoning records, suggesting that anyone could have found a way to escape the protection.
