Kim ZetterOvjeren akaunt

Hat tip to the DesMoines Register for this: "They are set to make another appearance at the Dallas County Courthouse, only this time, not of their own volition..."

It was state judicial authorities that had hired Coalfire to pentest the security of the electronic court records system, so it makes sense that the pentesters tried out physical security at more than one courthouse location.

The pentesters carried authorization letter on them and intentionally tripped courthouse alarm, and waited for police to arrive, so they could include police response time in their report. They found glaring security problems at courthouse but got arrested instead of thanked.

State authorities authorized them to do the pentest, but the county sheriff who ordered the arrest is angry that the state authorized pentest of county property. "this building belonged to the taxpayers of Dallas County and the State had no authority to authorize a break-in."