Play stupid games, win stupid prices.
That being said, wtf does “relinquishing digital files” even mean? They do know they still have the “originals” and there is no way to prove how many copies he made, right?
Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
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14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I mean the fact that they dont have any access controls on their servers should tell you how technically competent those cops are.
ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That is not a good idea. Demanding ransom from the police never works out. Also, this gives quite a bad vibe to the dutch police as well (or this precinct in particular), since someone cannot verify where to send the files first.
Lembot_0006@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Idiot vs Imbeciles.
eleijeep@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
It somehow reminds me of this:
ageedizzle@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
That’s hilarious haha
webp@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Police create conditions leading to arrest
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ACAB all the way. but in this case, all he had to do is say “Okie Dokie”, it’s impossible to prove he didn’t make copies or backups, or wether he deleted them or not.
Asking for randsom money from police is pretty stupid way to admit non compliance.
that being said, the police should get in trouble for leaking confidential information.
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
That’s a little unfair. If I leave my door open while I’m gone and someone comes in and makes copies of my personal documents I guess that’s somewhat my fault, but they did something they knew they shouldn’t have. The guy is basically extorting the police and asking for taxpayer money to delete information he was informed he should not have. It seems like he was notified and given time to comply but chose to demand money. I don’t know the exact content of the files, but there’s a lot of potential harm that can come from certain documents being public. I’m not pro police, but the guy seems to be clearly in the wrong here.
webp@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Only because the conditions the police created gave him the opportunity to be in the wrong.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
How is a fucking URL all you need to access confidential evidence on a police server. Lets bruteforce some URLs i guess?
ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There was a piece a while ago of a guy that went to expired domains in Belgium, happened to buy an old domain from the police, and all of a sudden, started to have emails from the police with a mail server. Crazy how no one checked the domain.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Yeah i saw that back then, it happened multiple time with different organizations iirc.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Ask Adrian Lamo. He “hacked” a few sites just by clicking links
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Or Aaron Swartz…