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This document is page 52 of a court transcript dated August 10, 2022, featuring the direct examination of a witness named Mr. Flatley. Flatley describes the forensic process of preserving data from an old, fragile hard drive (Government Exhibit 54) using a TX1 disc duplicator and verifying the copy via hash algorithms before processing it with AccessData software. The testimony emphasizes the necessity of copying the drive to prevent data loss due to hardware failure.
People (1)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Mr. Flatley | Witness / Forensic Examiner |
Providing direct testimony regarding the forensic imaging of a hard drive (Government Exhibit 54).
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Organizations (3)
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Footer information.
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| AccessData |
Mentioned as the software/lab used to categorize and organize data.
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| Department of Justice (DOJ) |
Implied by Bates stamp DOJ-OGR-00018650.
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Timeline (2 events)
2022-08-10
Court testimony of Mr. Flatley regarding forensic data preservation.
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Mr. Flatley
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Likely Southern District of New York (SDNY), implied by reporter firm name.
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Relationships (1)
Flatley testified to imaging and verifying the hard drive.
Key Quotes (3)
"Hard drives are a little fragile, especially this one, it's pretty old."Source
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"The fact that we spin it up, that may be the last time it ever spins."Source
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"We run a hash algorithm... if the hashes match, then the data is identical, and the data was in this case."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 753 Filed 08/10/22 Page 52 of 264 1478
LC7Cmax2 Flatley - direct
LC7Cmax2 Flatley - direct
1 A. Sure. There is a possibility of three different tools that
2 we can use. One is a physical piece of equipment called a TX1
3 disc duplicator --
4 Q. Mr. Flatley, sorry to interrupt. In this case, what did
5 you use here?
6 A. I used the TX1 disc duplicator.
7 Q. Why not just examine the drive itself in this case,
8 Government Exhibit 54?
9 A. Hard drives are a little fragile, especially this one, it's
10 pretty old. The fact that we spin it up, that may be the last
11 time it ever spins. So we always make a copy and we work off
12 the copy so that we have our data. We can make arguably
13 infinite copies of that data and prove that it's the same data.
14 So that's what we do.
15 Q. What, if anything, do you do to determine that the image
16 you made from Government Exhibit 54 matched the data on
17 Government Exhibit 54?
18 A. We run a hash algorithm, which is basically a math problem
19 against the data that we copied and the data from the original,
20 and if the hashes match, then the data is identical, and the
21 data was in this case.
22 Q. After you made an image of Government Exhibit 54, what do
23 you do next?
24 A. After the 54 was imaged, I then placed it through our
25 software, AccessData's lab to categorize and organize the data.
2 we can use. One is a physical piece of equipment called a TX1
3 disc duplicator --
4 Q. Mr. Flatley, sorry to interrupt. In this case, what did
5 you use here?
6 A. I used the TX1 disc duplicator.
7 Q. Why not just examine the drive itself in this case,
8 Government Exhibit 54?
9 A. Hard drives are a little fragile, especially this one, it's
10 pretty old. The fact that we spin it up, that may be the last
11 time it ever spins. So we always make a copy and we work off
12 the copy so that we have our data. We can make arguably
13 infinite copies of that data and prove that it's the same data.
14 So that's what we do.
15 Q. What, if anything, do you do to determine that the image
16 you made from Government Exhibit 54 matched the data on
17 Government Exhibit 54?
18 A. We run a hash algorithm, which is basically a math problem
19 against the data that we copied and the data from the original,
20 and if the hashes match, then the data is identical, and the
21 data was in this case.
22 Q. After you made an image of Government Exhibit 54, what do
23 you do next?
24 A. After the 54 was imaged, I then placed it through our
25 software, AccessData's lab to categorize and organize the data.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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