What a sad existence to be ruled by such fear, living out some constant delusion of being attacked like the mass media spectacles. Then trying to push that fear onto everyone else to validate their own overreactions.
And honestly the pentest company should have thought twice before conducting this type of test on September 11th. Any anniversary date of a major terrorist attack is a potential day of a second copycat attack.
FWIW "copycat attack" is just yet another minimally-plausible scenario that propagates fear.
That seems unnecessary, I don't think there's a person alive unaware of the year he's referring to.
No one in the comments here is "worshipping" 9/11 but the GP is correct in saying Coalfire should have thought twice about a redteam pentest on a date that puts law enforcement on high alert.
Yes but explicitly stating the year emphasizes that you're talking about an event the better part of two decades ago. A "copycat" of something that happened when one of these guys was about 11 years old. It's farcical and stating the year emphasizes that. If they'd done it on December 7th, "the date that will live in infamy", would a copycat attack on Pearl Harbor be suspected? Give me a break.
It took almost 50 years for the US government to acknowledge the extreme reaction to Pearl Harbor and provide reparations.
If that is any indication, 9/11, will remain in the zeitgeist for at least another 30 years.