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During a routine assessment you discover information that suggests the customer is involved in human trafficking.
Ignore the data complete the job collect a check. Keep it moving!
Copy the data to a thumb drive and keep it as leverage.
Confront the client in a respectful manner and ask about the data.
Immediately stop work and contact the proper legal authorities.
Hopefully you didn't pick the keep it moving answer. << what if your client's machine had been compromised and was being used as an FTP or file server by an outside actor for malicious purposes? << you should still contact the authorities so they can investigate if it is the client or an intruder, either way the authorities would be the proper group to make that determination and not a pen tester. By continuing to investigate you run the risk of alerting the bad guys and tampering with evidence. Surely you have a duty to inform the customer and allow them to explain first of all. Without being an expert in this, how can you affirm and understand the legality of human trafficking?
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