Comment by Aurornis
14 hours ago
That was my first impression, but reading the original story from 2019 has a much less one-side pictures: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/how-a...
My other comment has more details, but a summary is that they the pentesters had been drinking before breaking into the building, were doing things that could be interpreted as being forbidden by their own contract, and the big one: The person listed on their authorization letter denied that they were approved to enter the building when called.
That last one is a big deal. If your own authorization contacts start telling the police you're not authorized to be in the building, you're in trouble.
Yeah I think that’s pretty useful context. I can understand arresting them and clearing it up with a judge in the morning. I can’t understand continuing to defame them as the lawsuit alleged.
If that’s all that had happened I’m guessing it would’ve avoided a lawsuit, since their purpose was to restore their reputational damage.
This seems to be on par for this Iowa county which their ignorance sadly has painted a major target on their innocent citizens- related article:
"Dallas County Attorney Matt Schultz told KCCI: "I want to be clear that the decision to dismiss the criminal charges that resulted in this civil case against Dallas County was made by a previous County Attorney. I am putting the public on notice that if this situation arises again in the future, I will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law."
https://www.kcci.com/article/coalfire-contractors-settle-dal...
Schultz (a ‘tough on crime Republican’) is the prosecutor who filed charges when this thing happened originally, so no surprise he still defends his decision.