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Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by mikkupikku on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:32PM (#46816920)
You don't know the man, and you don't know all of the details and nuances of the situation he was called into. How then do you think to judge him like that? You're just stereotyping.
Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by thinkingtoilet on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:34PM (#46816944)
I do know the details of the situation. And so did the jury who awarded them $600k.
Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by e44858 on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:55PM (#46817242)
> And so did the jury who awarded them $600k

What jury? The payment happened before the trial: "five days before a trial was scheduled to begin in the case, Dallas County officials agreed to pay $600,000 to settle the case".

Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by bawolff on Thursday January 29, 2026 @07:48PM (#46819182)
In fairness, people don't generally give 6 figure settlements if they think the jury will agree with them
Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by mikkupikku on Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:23PM (#46817643)
You're confusing your own assumptions with knowledge.
Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by GibbonBreath on Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:27PM (#46817684)
Are they or are you? How have you determined that they don't understand the details?
Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by mikkupikku on Thursday January 29, 2026 @08:36PM (#46819554)
Being flat wrong is a subtle hint.
Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by tiahura on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:53PM (#46817215)
The detail that there was no jury?
Re:County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing... by dns_snek on Friday January 30, 2026 @04:48AM (#46822445)
Those "details and nuances of the situation he was called into" become completely irrelevant once one is presented with irrefutable evidence that their actions were completely legal. What matters is his conduct after that happened, which was blatant and persistent abuse of power.

Stop justifying and excusing abuse of power, he hurt innocent people, cost the taxpayers $600k in a single incident of abusive and wrongful conduct, and he's now enjoying taxpayer-funded retirement without facing any accountability.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/how-a...