How to Hack a Police Station
- 14:00 21st June 2019 ( Michaelmas Term 2019 )Tony Hoare Room, Robert Hooke Building
In August 2018, Jake was given permission from the chief constable of Dorset Police to pen test a police station to see if it was possible to gain entry past secure doors and security officers, specifically into the Intelligence Unit as well as gain access onto the force network unnoticed. He was able to get through every door he tried and then he was able to hack into the Head of Anti-Corruption, change his password and access all of his files. The aim of this experiment was not to ridicule or make an example of the police but to demonstrate the sheer impact on what can be achieved if a targeted attack were to occur. Physical and cyber defences have never been so important so this exercise will hopefully voice vital changes to culture surrounding security among law enforcement and businesses alike.
Speaker bio
Jake Moore is a Cyber Security Specialist for ESET. He previously worked for Dorset Police spanning 14 years primarily investigating computer crime in the Digital Forensics Unit on a range of offences from fraud to murder. Within law enforcement powers, he learnt how to retrieve digital evidence from all devices whilst engaging in a variety of ways to ethically break security in order to help protect innocent victims of cybercrime. He then became a cyber security consultant for the force delivering tailored advice to the public and local businesses in order to help protect the community and build upon their security foundations.Share this:
