The more I read about it, the more this all looks like a stunt by Sinclaire.
of course it is, David Levin actually lost a election for city council in 2015, so he already has a axe to grind against the current supervisor of elections/county
The only good thing is that the summary feels so incredibly slanted that it sets off some people's bullshit detectors.
Have you not seen the go fund me page? people bullshit detectors should be broke at this point.
I got my suspicions about this "security researcher" ,
I say that because this guy has no footprint other than the creation of his Vanguard Cybersecurity LLC on 01/14/2016 and a Linkedin page that anyone can bullshit on.
When you look at legitimate security researchers, they have a very noticeably footprint like https://danielmiessler.com/ or
http://www.mckeay.net/ , krebs on security. because the devote there career to this stuff. This guy seems like he did all the "I'm a security researcher" leg work after the hack (after the fact) to try to cover his ass with the "poor whitehat / whistle blower gets arrested unjustly" game. and to that point , Dan Sinclair has definitely been trying to milk that attitude here and else where
When trying to figure his security background, came across this quote from Sinclair talking about Levin's security experience and the discussion about hacking the elections website the day he was arrested.
This all started, Sinclair said, when Levin called him in December after taking an online federal course that included some Department of Defense officials and penetration testing of online systems. Levin told him that he could easily get into the Lee elections website.
I would love to hear the exact name of that course, though Sinclair sounds like a snake oil salesman.
it sounds like he did CEH, which is a DoD 8570.01M approved course but not a actually DoD training; you would have to be a DoD Employee or enlisted in the armed services to get gov training.
If he did take CEH, anywhere in FL, the likelihood of him being in a class with DoD/Armed Forces is really high. The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is in the Tampa Area and Jacksonville is home to a deep water port and Naval Station, with a Naval Sub base just over the state line to the north. In General, anyone who can pay the cost of the EC-Council class, then they can sit for a CEH Exam and potentially pass the test.
after watching/reading this article its sound like David "political consultant" Levin came to Sinclair with a offer he couldn't refuse and David "security researcher" Levin was born when he stole the keys to the castle per se for political gain without the express consent of the elections office (State or Local).
The one thing no one is really pointing out is he also accessed the State Election System as well, i wonder if he used the credentials he stole from Lee Co Elections and masqueraded as a Lee Co Official on the State Elections Website.
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The more I read about it, the more this all looks like a stunt by Sinclaire.
of course it is, David Levin actually lost a election for city council in 2015, so he already has a axe to grind against the current supervisor of elections/county
The only good thing is that the summary feels so incredibly slanted that it sets off some people's bullshit detectors.
Have you not seen the go fund me page? people bullshit detectors should be broke at this point.
I got my suspicions about this "security researcher" , I say that because this guy has no footprint other than the creation of his Vanguard Cybersecurity LLC on 01/14/2016 and a Linkedin page that anyone can bullshit on.
When you look at legitimate security researchers, they have a very noticeably footprint like https://danielmiessler.com/ or http://www.mckeay.net/ , krebs on security. because the devote there career to this stuff. This guy seems like he did all the "I'm a security researcher" leg work after the hack (after the fact) to try to cover his ass with the "poor whitehat / whistle blower gets arrested unjustly" game. and to that point , Dan Sinclair has definitely been trying to milk that attitude here and else where
When trying to figure his security background, came across this quote from Sinclair talking about Levin's security experience and the discussion about hacking the elections website the day he was arrested.
This all started, Sinclair said, when Levin called him in December after taking an online federal course that included some Department of Defense officials and penetration testing of online systems. Levin told him that he could easily get into the Lee elections website.
I would love to hear the exact name of that course, though Sinclair sounds like a snake oil salesman. it sounds like he did CEH, which is a DoD 8570.01M approved course but not a actually DoD training; you would have to be a DoD Employee or enlisted in the armed services to get gov training.
If he did take CEH, anywhere in FL, the likelihood of him being in a class with DoD/Armed Forces is really high. The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is in the Tampa Area and Jacksonville is home to a deep water port and Naval Station, with a Naval Sub base just over the state line to the north. In General, anyone who can pay the cost of the EC-Council class, then they can sit for a CEH Exam and potentially pass the test.
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after watching/reading this article its sound like David "political consultant" Levin came to Sinclair with a offer he couldn't refuse and David "security researcher" Levin was born when he stole the keys to the castle per se for political gain without the express consent of the elections office (State or Local). The one thing no one is really pointing out is he also accessed the State Election System as well, i wonder if he used the credentials he stole from Lee Co Elections and masqueraded as a Lee Co Official on the State Elections Website.