RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test

["Michael Scheidell" <scheidell () secnap net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin Wood [mailto:dninja () gmail com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 4:51 AM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test
>
>
> Hi
> I was wondering the other day, what should I do if during a 
> pen test I found some illegal activity (internal, not from 
> hackers) on the network being tested. My initial thought was 
> report it to the police and let them sort it out but then 
> thought I suppose that depends on the activity taking place. 
> One one hand you could find a ftp site with a couple of 
> movies on, the other you could find a website full of child 
> porn. The first may just need a mention to the company IT 
> staff, the second would definitely warrant police attention.

Depends on jurisdiction.
In US:
Only one thing you have to report to police AND CANNOT TELL THE CLIENT:
You find child porn (don't be dumb and copy it for proof!)


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