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bydv82 ( 1609975 ) writes:
In what possible way is this News for Nerds? Please don't post items outside the scope of Slashdot.
bybill_mcgonigle ( 4333 ) * writes:
This guy either socially engineered his way through a line, analyzed a weakness in the line, or time-traveled from the '90's not realizing we've set up an incompetent but totalizing police-state control grid to interpose every tiny aspect of our lives.
To be fair, "pay on board" is less applicable to airplanes than trains because seatbelts are important in turbulence.
That said, the lack of capacity is widely acknowledged to be a feature of wildly incompetent management.
We just heard they've started a new pro
bygeekmux ( 1040042 ) writes:
This guy either socially engineered his way through a line, analyzed a weakness in the line, or time-traveled from the '90's not realizing we've set up an incompetent but totalizing police-state control grid to interpose every tiny aspect of our lives.
Perhaps we not attribute time-traveling ignorance with what could be attributed to a Red Team pen test. He went through security. So creating an actual threat was not the end goal. Embarrassment and awareness was.
Hell, the way he was bouncing around the plane makes me wonder how much money he was winning in the Red Team office pool for every seat he got away with.
Red Team testing, is done at airports. (Source: Retired Director of TSA @ local international airpot)
bybickerdyke ( 670000 ) writes:
I agree. That's what it looks like. But wouldn't that hab been disclosed as soon as he was brought off the plane? Even if it takes an hour to confirm, that should have been before and included in a press release.
So probably an "independant" pen tester.... or failed social media challenge, Or just a plain idiot who got lucky (Well, there may be an overlap here...).
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bygeekmux ( 1040042 ) writes:
I agree. That's what it looks like. But wouldn't that hab been disclosed as soon as he was brought off the plane? Even if it takes an hour to confirm, that should have been before and included in a press release.
Included in the press release? Why? Internal Red Team testing is internal.
Take the win for catching the "bad" guy, with bonus clicks-n-likes revenue. Advertise there was no real threat (he went through security) to keep the confidence of overall safety intact with the general public. Water the "alarming" problem down to remedial training and perhaps firing a couple of ticket checkers who had one fucking job to ensure all is well.
Profit, with consumer confidence even slightly boosted just before the ho
bybickerdyke ( 670000 ) writes:
But then you wouldn't publish either that a Red Team has been able to infiltrate your business.
bygeekmux ( 1040042 ) writes:
But then you wouldn't publish either that a Red Team has been able to infiltrate your business.
Depends on the legal necessity. The public ingests the broadcasted story no matter if it was an exercise or real. To them, a bad guy was caught with no real security risk and minor disruption on a single flight.
You would simply publish what is necessary. In this case, there were members of the public present who likely noticed or were directly impacted by the erratic behavior and disturbance. So 100% confidentiality was a known no-go from the start. Some exposure was certainly factored in, and so a pre
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