Investigating Potential Intellectual Property Theft: A Digital Forensics Case Study in a High-Tech Manufacturing Company
This case study discusses a high-tech manufacturing company’s allegation of unauthorised taking of valuable company designs by an employee during a company restructure. The employee’s laptop was requested for forensic examination, revealing attempts to erase data and tamper with the device’s date settings. Objective The primary objective was to investigate whether the employee had indeed […]
Tracing the Source of Video Streaming Servers: A Digital Forensic Investigation of Potential Intellectual Property Infringement
This case study revolves around an investigation conducted for an intellectual property lawyer who sought to determine where a company streamed video files from. The servers were found to be delivered via a content delivery network (CDN), which potentially breached the rights agreement for use of the content. Notion Digital Forensics provided authoritative ownership records […]
Identifying Financial Fraud and Tracing a Rogue Business Partner – a case study
A successful chain of small businesses in regional New South Wales discovered a significant amount of money missing from their company bank account. The rogue business partner responsible for the missing funds fled the country, leaving behind his company laptop. Notion Digital Forensics was engaged to forensically examine the laptop for any useful information to […]
Whale phishing: Commercial litigator attacked in a sophisticated phishing attack
A boutique commercial litigation law firm received a suspicious email that appeared to be a court order. Aware of the prevalence of phishing attacks targeting law firms, they asked Notion Digital Forensics for an opinion on the email. The goal was to determine the legitimacy of the email and assess potential risks to the firm’s […]
Digital Forensic Analysis in a contractual dispute and building CCTV data
A group of businesses in a multi-level building were involved in a contractual dispute with their strata manager over a long-term cleaning contract. The businesses claimed that the cleaning services provided by the strata manager were not adequate and sought evidence to support their case for termination of the contract. A digital forensic analysis of […]
Investigating Data Breach and Ransomware Attack on a Professional Services Firm with Multiple Contractors
A professional services firm with a high number of contractors faced a ransomware attack on their cloud virtual servers, with criminals encrypting their files and demanding money. Notion Digital Forensics was called in by the firm’s new IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) to investigate the breach, determine if any data was taken, assess the extent […]
On-Site Data Acquisition for High-Profile Business Person: A Digital Forensics Case Study
Notion Digital Forensics was approached by a nine-figure entrepreneur who operates in global markets and global politics. The individual had been instructed by a foreign court to have their devices inspected by a qualified forensics examiner for certain information, but had concerns about the security of their data and requested on-site data acquisition. Objectives The […]