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The document showed that the state authorized Coalfire's team to "perform lock-picking activities to attempt to gain access to locked areas." But the document also stated the testers should "talk your way into areas" and allowed for "limited physical bypass."
The rules of engagement also dictated that the state authorities said they would not notify law enforcement of the penetration test.
[...] At 12:30am on the morning of September 11, penetration testers Justin Wynn and Gary Demercurio were caught with lock picks inside the Dallas County courthouse by Dallas County Sherriff's Department officers. They presented documents showing they had authorization from the state; the officers contacted state officials on the document, who verified that the test was authorized. But they arrested Wynn and Demurcurio anyway and charged them with burglary.
Wynn and Demurcurio are free on bail and have waived an initial hearing. They still face charges, despite state officials' apology to county officials.
Related: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/09/17/0641246
Coalfire's Comments:https://www.coalfire.com/News-and-Events/Press-Releases/Coalfire-Comments-on-Pen-Tests-for-Iowa-Judicial
(Score: 2) by hwertz on Friday September 20 2019, @04:41PM (2 children)
Dallas County really needs to argue with the state and not the people they hired who were doing their jobs.
BUT, in Dallas County's view, they are not in the wrong... the county sherriff pointed out that the county courthouse is not state property, the state did not pay for it, so the state can hire people to break into it, but they cannot give them PERMISSION to do so since it's not their property.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 20 2019, @10:05PM (1 child)
Not wrong.
But look to who got embarrassed and who is over-reacting, the sheriff. This should be along the lines of 'misunderstanding we will however be suing someone, free to go'. To keep them in Jail this long is just grand standing. But why? Because guess who's job it is to keep that building secure and just got a double black eye? He is trying to deflect blame on his shitshow job of protecting that building.
(Score: 2) by Spamalope on Saturday September 21 2019, @01:02AM
The state got embarrassed. The sheriff actually caught the intruders so the security worked in this case.
I want to know if the sheriff had a beef with the state beforehand. i.e. is the incident at hand the whole situation or not