[AusNOG] Victorian Police - internal assistance??

[Mark Smith]

On 30 August 2017 at 11:04, Ross Wheeler <ausnog at rossw.net> wrote:
>
> *Still shaking my head in disbelief*
>
> Just had a call from a local police officer. Identified himself and his
> station, investigating a suicide. (Not sure why I had to know that, but
> anyway).
>

Are you sure they were who they said they were? Did you verify it somehow?

Pretending to be somebody with authority is a social engineering technique.

https://www.influenceatwork.com/principles-of-persuasion/


> Needed some "technical assistance".
>
> "Is everyone in the same house going to have the same ISP number?"
> *blink*
> "What I mean is, the guys computer was on wifi, will it have the same ISP
> number as other people in the house?"
>
> Took a moment to figure out... "Do you mean IP Address?".
>
> "Yes, ISP address number"
>
> "He may have called lifeline, they keep all the details"...
>
> Surely these guys must have some internal department or at least a book of
> "technical terms for dummies" for this stuff?

They should. The fact that this person didn't seem to know about it
could be another sign that they aren't who they appeared to be.

>Worries me that he'll go to
> someone else in the house, get their "ISP number" from the computer network
> settings, and trot off to Lifeline with a 192.168.1.x address for them to
> look for...
>
> Justice cannot be done when people are this ignorant... to I try to call
> back and point them to some "clue department" that can give him a hand?
> (If so, anyone know a department/number/process that's appropriate?)
>
>
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