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Oh, the Secrets a Computer Reveals in a Computer Forensic Examination

We recently had a client who came to us unhappy – and angry. The business owner was unhappy because he had lost a key employee in his company. But worse than that, he was angry because the employee had started a competing company and the owner suspected the new company was started not only while the worker was still employed by him, but using his firm’s trade secrets, equipment and resources. He just couldn’t prove it. At least not with enough evidence for his attorney. Of course, the employee denied it when confronted. Through a computer forensic examination, we were able to uncover documents and communications (e-mails and reports) that brought the truth out. The employee had started his new company before leaving the old [...]

Why Would Anyone Tap MY Phone?

We hear that question a lot. There’s a really simple answer. You have information someone else wants. And they know you won’t tell them if they ask, so they figure out a way to get it without asking – they steal it. The information they want could be many different things found in a wide variety of settings: What is being included in a grant application at a competing university; What sales strategy is being implemented to move into a new market; The development of a new product that would “squash” the competition; How a client is being defended in court; Whether a spouse is having an affair. All of these bits of confidential information could have big dollar impact on another person or business, [...]