Re: [TSCM-L] Re: Foul play as bug found hidden in Mourinho's favourite restaurant

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Correction ... that's not Mourinho favourite restaurant. It's just a (so ca=
lled) portuguese restaurant in London. Mourinho still have his favourite pl=
aces to eat without bugs in his home town Set=FAbal, very close from where =
I'm.

If my opinion about restaurants in UK was usually bad ... now I'mk sure, it=
 sucks.

FM

----- Mensagem Original -----
De: kondrak <kon..._at_phreaker.net>
Data: Quinta-Feira, 14 de Setembro de 2006, 8:59
Assunto: [TSCM-L] Foul play as bug found hidden in Mourinho's favourite res=
taurant

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> >
> >http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1578731.ece
> >
> >By Guy Adams
> >14 September 2006
> >
> >Ashley Cole's move to Chelsea has already been compared with the=20
> sort of
> >cloak-and-dagger defection in a James Bond spy thriller. But the=20
> plot is
> >about to thicken. One of Jose Mourinho's favourite restaurants -=20
> where>the England footballer's escape from Arsenal is said to have=20
> been>plotted - has hired a counter-intelligence firm to review=20
> security after
> >bugging equipment was discovered in its dining room.
> >
> >Portal, a Portugese restaurant in the City of London, is to pay=20
> agents>from the International Corporate Protection (ICP) Group to=20
> make regular
> >"sweeps" of the premises to protect the privacy of its high-rolling
> >clients.
> >
> >The move follows an incident in which kitchen staff discovered a
> >surveillance device in a plug fitting near to one of the restaurant's
> >discreet corner tables, where several members of the Chelsea team
> >recently dined.
> >
> >"We couldn't believe it," said Portal's owner, Antonio Correia. "A
> >fortnight ago, I bought a radio for my staff, so they could to=20
> listen to
> >music in the kitchen while they were working. It produced terrible
> >feedback, and on one frequency we could hear what was being said=20
> near to
> >the serving hatch."
> >
> >After searching the premises, Mr Correia found that a device in a
> >two-socket adaptor was responsible for broadcasting the sounds.=20
> Although>ICP did not find further bugs, the firm has now been=20
> employed on a
> >rolling contract.
> >
> >The restaurant, which includes several private rooms, says the device
> >was discovered less than 24 hours after it had been planted. The
> >celebrity and corporate clients who tuck into its Iberian cuisine=20
> make>it a prime target for covert surveillance operations.
> >
> >As well as hosting lunches and meetings for City firms, Portal is a
> >favourite of the Chelsea camp, and it was named by Mourinho, the team
> >manager, in a Time Out interview as one of his favourite London
> >restaurants.
> >
> >Mr Correia said: "Who knows if the device was connected to them=20
> [Chelsea>players]. To me, it doesn't matter: a lot of my clients=20
> work at the
> >Stock Exchange, or for finance companies and lawyers. They are people
> >who take privacy seriously, so it is very important for me as a
> >businessman to protect them."
> >
> >Although Portal is thought to be the first restaurant in Britain to
> >employ a firm of spooks, the practice is relatively commonplace=20
> on Wall
> >Street, where industrial espionage is treated as an everyday=20
> corporate>hazard.
> >
> >In a recent high-profile case, three New York-based former=20
> employees of
> >Coca-Cola were charged with stealing trade secrets, after allegedly
> >attempting to sell the firm's secret recipes to its arch-rival Pepsi.
> >
> >"To be honest, I'm surprised that we haven't been asked to look=20
> at a
> >restaurant in the UK before," said ICP's director Will Geddes.
> >
> >"Counter-surveillance has now become so widespread that most of=20
> our work
> >is actually training people on how to find devices, since most=20
> companies>have taken the job in-house."
> >
> >"I can't say exactly how often we will now be checking the place, as
> >that will compromise security. But there will be regular visits=20
> by our
> >staff."
> >
> >Bugging is officially illegal, although few cases are ever bought to
> >court in the UK. The equipment found at Portal is described as a=20
> "basic>off-the-shelf device," which ran on mains electricity and,=20
> according to
> >staff, had not been present the previous day.
> >
> >"It would have required the eavesdropper to be sitting near by,=20
> perhaps>with a receiver and recording device," added Geddes. "Who=20
> knows why it
> >was there. It could have been as simple as a wife checking on a=20
> husband,>but there could obviously also be a more sinister=20
> explanation for its
> >appearance."
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>=20
> >=20

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