HIGH-TECH CRIMES REVEALED: CYBERWAR STORIES FROM THE DIGITAL FRONT

Wesley's Moves

Wesley was fortunate enough to come from a wealthy family that could not believe their child should have to face the criminal justice system. So they hired Deanna, a defense attorney with an impeccable record, to defend their baby. She proved to be good immediately by challenging the evidence. She claimed that in order to defend her client in an adequate manner, she needed to see all of the information against him. This would allow her to test whether the cops had correctly done their job of preserving the evidence—she knew that without evidence, the case would fall apart.

Five years is a long time for a disk drive to be sitting in a storage closet, and retrieving data when they have been sitting so long might not be possible. ...