State senator says courthouse break-ins were safety liability, calls on oversight committee to investigate

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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/09/19/iowa-state-senator-calls-oversight-committee-investigate-courthouse-break-ins-crime-polk-dallas/2374576001/

By Anna Spoerre
Des Moines Register
September 19, 2019

An Iowa state senator is calling on the legislative oversight committee to 
investigate at least two known county courthouse break-ins authorized by the 
Iowa judicial branch.

Sen. Tony Bisignano (D-Des Moines), a ranking member of the committee, told the 
Register on Thursday that he would like the committee to convene as a third 
party to raise questions about the judicial branch's intentions and to 
investigate the men arrested and the cybersecurity company that hired them.

Two Coalfire employees were arrested last week and charged with third-degree 
burglary and possession of burglary tools after they tripped an alarm shortly 
after midnight in the Dallas County Courthouse on Sept. 11.

Judicial branch officials on Wednesday confirmed that Coalfire was under 
contract with them to attempt "unauthorized access" to court records "through 
various means" to check for potential security vulnerabilities of Iowa's 
electronic court records. It was a turnaround from the week before, when agency 
officials denied they approved "forced entry" to the building.

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