Digital Forensics Dispatch

Feb 25, 2020

New Mexico House Passes Bill to Stop Police from Erasing Evidence

Russell Contreras of the AP reports that the New Mexico House has passed a bill to stop the erasure of

Feb 20, 2020

Superior Court Judge Charged with Computer Trespass in Georgia

This month the trial of Judge Kathryn Schrader has gotten underway in what the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is calling a hacking

Feb 18, 2020

Digital Evidence Coming to Forefront in Disappearance of 5 year old

A disappearance that led to an Amber Alert in the Jacksonville Florida area has unfortunately progressed to an investigation into

Feb 06, 2020

Data from Damaged Mobile Phones: NIST Tests

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), recently released an article examining the methods that can pull data from

Feb 04, 2020

Evidence Tossed in Murder Case

Dale Ellis of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, writes that prosecutors in the murder trial of Tony Warren suffered a setback

Jan 30, 2020

Impeachment Case Results in Interesting iPhone Forensics Development

Technology news websites Gizmodo and Motherboard by Vice recently reported on the FBI’s ability to extract data from Lev Parnas’s

Jan 23, 2020

Duo Arrested Due to Evidence Found on Cellphones

Don Reid of The Daily Reporter reports that two Branch County (MI) men were arrested after evidence to plan and

Jan 21, 2020

Digital Forensic Examiners Called in to Assist Iowa City

The city of West Des Moines Iowa has been experiencing serious issues with its servers and network recently. Reports indicate

Jan 09, 2020

Travelex Hit with Ransomware Attack

Currency exchange company Travelex has recently fallen victim to a ransomware attack demanding a payment of 3 million dollars. Visitors

Jan 07, 2020

Judge Orders Forensic Examination of Laptop in Florida Case

According to CloudNine, a Florida judge has issued a motion for inspection of a laptop belonging to a group of

Dec 19, 2019

When Your Firm Encounters a Data Breach, is the Forensic Report Discoverable?

Law.com has addressed the growing issue courts are facing in their article “Cyber Breach Forensic Reports: Is Your Report Discoverable?”

Dec 17, 2019

Key Text Messages Determine Information in Fatal Crash

Text messages presented in a Calgary court case may result in a guilty verdict for a father accused of killing