Police: 'Threat matrix' dictated SWAT team response at Powell Avenue home

Courier Press ^ | June 22, 2012 | John Martin, Mark Wilson

[rarestia]

IPs and MAC addresses can be spoofed with little effort. Something as simple as changing the Reply-To address in MSOutlook or Thunderbird can mislead someone into thinking you’re someone you’re not.

There’s no surefire way to be safe in the digital age except to reduce your digital footprint as much as possible. In the age of social media, it’s really as simple as searching the web for someone with an opposing viewpoint and targeting them. Easy solution? Stay off of social media.

I agree with your assessment, Gads, and there need to be more legal avenues to prosecute police and SWAT for errant raids.

[PT57A]

Ah, that makes more sense now, I read your post wrong.

I also turn off SID broadcasting in addition to the encryption as well as MAC filtering.

[rarestia]

So many manufacturers have done this “one touch setup” crap that completely removes the human element from security and creates simple-to-guess garbage passwords with poor wireless security.

I’ve demonstrated to numerous neighbors how easy it was to get into their networks, and they’ve all asked me to help secure them. I never charge when they ask. Heck, even my wireless network got broken into a few years ago after I neglected to turn off port forwarding for a test I was conducting. There ARE ethical hackers out there, but they’re a lot fewer than those who wish to exploit you.

[PT57A]

"I neglected to turn off port forwarding for a test I was conducting"

This should be normally turned off by default I believe, but that is definitely one of those that can be easily missed.

[Girlene]

“We have an idea in our mind who it is, but we don’t have evidence yet,” Bolin said.

Well, that didn't stop them the first time.....why the hestitation now?

Mayor Lloyd Winnecke said Friday he spoke to Bolin about the incident and was satisfied that police were justified in forcibly entering the home.

Wonder if he'd feel the same had his IP address been used to threaten police?

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

WHO wears masks in the commission of criminal conduct or "executing their duties?"

Bank Robbers:

Anarchists:

Islamic Jihadist Terrorist:

Oh yeah, and COWARDLY SWAT Team members
who are afraid to have their identity known....
for what reason, one might ask, "rhetorically,"
cuz we all, already know the answer?

[editor-surveyor]

Brilliant!

[rarestia]

I run numerous services from my domain, so I have port forwarding on for a lot of ports. If you have something answering on the other end, it’s not so bad, but if you just have ports wide open with nothing there, it’s an avenue into your network.

Unfortunately mine was a SQL port which was used to attempt a back door brute force attack on a voice server, but I use 160 - 220 bit randomly-generated passwords saved to a key database on an encrypted thumb drive, so the chances of them actually doing any damage was pretty small; and I caught the attempt through DDoS logging on my router.

[PT57A]

You got that some’bitch locked up nice and tight, I run a web server on an obscure port for testing purposes, but pretty much everything else is plugged up like public toilet.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*Evansville ping*

[Old Sarge]

For your edification.

The comments at the article mostly support the stormtroopers.

The zombies outnumber us.

[rarestia]

Been involved in IT security and networking for over 10 years. The threats evolve but even the oldest exploits are still around and lurking.

I’m actually disappointed in retail-level manufacturers like Linksys (Cisco), dLink, and NetGear for releasing products that are so faulty. Sure it’s on the consumer to lock down their networks, but when they make it as easy as pressing a button to make a connection, you have to expect that those with the know-how are going to exploit it.

Easy does not mean secure.

[Girlene]

Here's video of the SWAT raid......um, where was the knock, knock, knock?

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: SWAT Raids Home Investigating Threats Made To EPD Officers & Families

lololol......Money quote by the police spokesperson near the end of this video: "We're not going to let these type of people take over and have us scared in our own homes." (guess they don't care if we are scared in ours, though).

[arthurus]

Update Hell! And lose this cornucopia of opportunities to practice their methods and maybe shoot some dogs or even citizens and get paid vacations as rewards for their “mistakes?”

[Girlene]

uh-oh, a second search warrant has been requested.....look out Evansville residents!

Second search warrant requested for probe of threat against Evansville police

[uncommonsense]

"If you don’t know how to secure your wireless network, either abstain from having one or hire someone to do it for you."

There are many instances of hired techs installing back door spyware.

Make sure the person helping is certified and undergoes regular background checks. Also, even if you turn off your wireless feature and use wired connections, the router / firewall still needs to be secured properly. A web crawler could still seek to penetrate the firewall (like Stuxnet).

[jimt]

Can you say “pigs” ? “Wannabe nazi ninja storm troopers” ? “Scum that should be fired and prosecuted” ?

I knew you could. Police officers (no relation to the above) should be disgusted by such tactics.

[PapaBear3625]

“I think it was a show of force that they are not going to tolerate this,”

Make threats against a (non-VIP) private citizen, and the police will yawn. Make threats against the police, and the SWAT team will "make an example" of you.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

“It said, ‘EPD leak: Officers’ addresses given out,’ or something along those lines. There were some generalized comments about people not liking the police, and that didn’t really concern us,” Cullum said, but then the threats became more specific and suggested officers’ families could be at risk.

Yes. Heaven forbid some goon's family might be at risk. I can't really understand why some might not like the police.

Perhaps it's because the cops don't really care who's house they break into or who's grandmother is rousted/shot/killed?/i

[driftdiver]

Turning off SSID broadcast doesn’t do much except keep the really stupid criminals out. There are plenty of free tools which will still find your network.