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.
Talking to someone they suggested the case where a web cam was being
used to watch women's toilets. Should that be reported to the company
first to stop the activity, then to the police, or could reporting it
to the company give the perpetrator time to clean up their activities.
All this is just idle questions at the moment but I'm curious to see
if anyone has come across this kind of situation and how did they
dealt with it. As I'm in the UK I'm particularly interested in any UK
stories.
Robin
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