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Article: Computer Forensics Tools Enable Professionals to Harvest Detailed ``Metadata'' Information from Hard Drives.
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- April 28, 2003
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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003
Cyber sleuths engaged in the war with Iraq and the pursuit of the global al-Qaeda terrorist network are making use of powerful computer forensics tools that are becoming more commonplace in the world of U.S. business litigation.
The recent arrest of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in Pakistan, the suspected planner of the September 11, 2001, attacks, yielded a computer hard drive with substantial electronic data regarding al-Qaeda's financial pipeline. This information was harvested by computer forensics professionals using software tools that allow "metadata" and ...