“Some Hackers have figured out there is no quick and easy way for a company that receives one of these EDRs (emergency data request) to know whether it is legitimate,” he said.
“The hackers will send a fake emergency data request along with an attestation that innocent people will likely suffer greatly or die unless the requested data is provided immediately.”
That’s in the US, and at this point only on paper. There are plenty of countries where a simple request is enforceable.
And those are called communist hellholes.