full-disclosure - FBI Says Data on VA Laptop Not Accessed

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Date: Thu Jun 29 23:55:41 2006
From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu)
Subject: FBI Says Data on VA Laptop Not Accessed

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:24:03 PDT, "Gary E. Miller" said:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Brian Eaton wrote:
> 
> > The FBI, in a statement from its Baltimore field office, said a
> > preliminary review of the equipment by its computer forensic teams
> > "has determined that the data base remains intact and has not been
> > accessed since it was stolen." More tests were planned, however.
> 
> Funny.  If someone popped the drive out and did a dd on it there would
> be not trace left behind.  They should know that since that is standard
> forensic procedure as well as good black hat procedure.

If the info had been on the hard drive, you could check the various screws
and connectors for any tool marks indicating that the drive had been removed.
Barring any such tool marks, and any forensic evidence the machine had been
powered on (easy to check if it booted into Windows off the hard drive, a
bit more challenging if it was booted off a Knoppix CD or similar).

However, previous reports said the data was on a CD in the drive at the time,
and *that* is going to be a bitch forensically - if the guy didn't leave
his thumbprint on the CD Eject button, there's not really *any* way to be
sure if the CD was pulled, copied, and replaced....
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