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Computer Fraud:
Uncovering the Tracks
Computers are at the heart of most fraud cases one way
or another. While computer forensics has developed
enormously over the last few years, there are still some
essential ground rules to maximise the opportunity to
recover the vital evidence in a prosecution or to prove
beyond reasonable doubt the innocence of the defendant.
As computer users get more and more adept at disguising
their identity, deleting and over-writing their data and
destroying the hardware, so the job of the forensic
computer examiner gets ever more challenging.
The most important ground rule is to preserve the
evidence as soon as possible. If computers continue to
be used, deleted data is over-written and important
secondary sources such as printer spoolers, cache and
internet histories become corrupted with fresh data.
This does not always mean that the examination is
jeopardised but it does inevitably lead to extra
difficulties and unfortunately higher costs.
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