Miscellaneous

Is the altered document part of the FBI investigation?

Is the altered document part of the FBI investigation?

The altered document is also at least one focus of Durham’s criminal probe. It’s unknown how significant a role the altered document played in the FBI’s investigation of Page.

What is the purpose of date forgery analysis?

Date forgery analysis is one of the most common digital forensics investigation tasks we encounter. For instance, the suspect backdates a document and tries to pass it as if it were an older document.

What happens when a suspect backdates a document?

For instance, the suspect backdates a document and tries to pass it as if it were an older document. In the process, however, he usually makes a mistake, overlooks metadata or surrounding evidence that could be used by a computer forensics expert to reveal what happened.

When does the Inspector General report come out?

No charges that could reflect the situation have been filed publicly in court. The Justice Department and inspector general’s office declined to comment. Horowitz is expected to release his report on December 9 and testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee two days later.

Date forgery analysis is one of the most common digital forensics investigation tasks we encounter. For instance, the suspect backdates a document and tries to pass it as if it were an older document.

For instance, the suspect backdates a document and tries to pass it as if it were an older document. In the process, however, he usually makes a mistake, overlooks metadata or surrounding evidence that could be used by a computer forensics expert to reveal what happened.

What are the rules for retaining an investigation file?

There is no single rule that dictates whatinformation an investigator must keep or how longto retain investigation files. Several different rules may apply, depending on the circumstances. Additionally, investigators must be able to justify to an opposing party, or a jury, their decisions regarding destruction of investigation files.

Where do I find the file altered time fields?

We will be looking at the “Creation time”, “File altered time” and “File accessed time” fields in the $STANDARD_INFORMATION attribute in the New Technology File System (NTFS). These fields are displayed to the end user by the operating system and are the fields that are typically altered by forgers.