Re: Fired IT guy puts porn in ex-boss' PowerPoint, gets sweet revenge

[mark seiden <mis () seiden com>]

my understanding (i'm not a lawyer) is if the search was legal, the particularity rule means
they could look anywhere the specific evidence could be found, and anything they happen to find in
those places (or is visible in plain view) is admissible.

On Jun 24, 2011, at 7:48 AM, <michael.blanchard () emc com> <michael.blanchard () emc com> wrote:

> Hmmmmm:
>
> "... faces federal charges connected to the guns and homemade silencer supplies cops found when they searched his 
> home for evidence of hacking."
>
> So, they found something that clearly wasn't related to what they were supposed to be looking for.  How can they 
> seize guns and silencers if they're looking for "evidence of hacking".  Wouldn't the search warrant be pretty 
> specific for Computer type equipment?
>
> Michael P. Blanchard
> Senior Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
> Office of Information Security & Risk Management
> EMC ² Corporation
> 32 Coslin Drive
> Southboro, MA 01772
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 9:20 AM
> To: FunSec
> Subject: [funsec] Fired IT guy puts porn in ex-boss' PowerPoint, gets sweet revenge
>
> http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/23/6925925-fired-it-guy-puts-porn-in-ex-boss-powerpoint-gets-sweet-revenge
>
> A guy who slips porn into a CEO's PowerPoint presentation isn't the
> kind of computer nerd you'd expect to spend his off-Internet hours
> making homemade gun silencers. But disgruntled IT guy Walter Powell,
> 52, apparently wasn't in it for the lulz.
>
> ..... there are two survival skills we must always remember: Never
> mess with people who handle your food; and never, whenever possible,
> enrage the IT guy.
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