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Men arrested for breaking into Dallas County Courthouse after judicial branch hires them to test 'vulnerability' of court records
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:05:54 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/09/11/men-arrested-burglary-dallas-county-iowa-courthouse-hired-judicial-branch-test-security-ia-crime/2292295001/ By Anna Spoerre Des Moines Register September 11, 2019Two men arrested for breaking into the Dallas County Courthouse told law enforcement they were hired to do so by the judicial branch.
The men, outfitted with numerous burglary tools, told authorities they were on contract to test out the courthouse alarm system's viability and to gauge law enforcement's response time, an alleged contract that Dallas County officials said they had no knowledge of, according to a criminal complaint.
Authorities later found out the state court administration did, in fact, hire the men to attempt "unauthorized access" to court records "through various means" in order to check for potential security vulnerabilities of Iowa's electronic court records, according to Iowa Judicial Branch officials.
But, the state court administration "did not intend, or anticipate, those efforts to include the forced entry into a building," a Wednesday news release from the Iowa Judicial Branch read.
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