Computer forensics gave Michael Fiola his life back. Fiola is the former investigator with the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents who found himself summarily dismissed after an IT check uncovered pornographic images of children on his laptop’s hard drive. Criminal charges followed. It was only after a defense-sponsored forensic investigation that it became clear Fiola had been given a sloppily configured laptop and that malware was the probable source of the images.
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Computer Forensics: Beyond the Magnifying Glass
Posted by: Erika Morphy July 29, 2008 04:00 AMComputer forensics gave Michael Fiola his life back. Fiola is the former investigator with the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents who found himself summarily dismissed after an IT check uncovered pornographic images of children on his laptop’s hard drive. Criminal charges followed. It was only after a defense-sponsored forensic investigation that it became clear Fiola had been given a sloppily configured laptop and that malware was the probable source of the images.