The
Central Bureau of Investigation Friday got a new specialized forensic
lab to decipher and recover data from Apple devices seized from suspects
during investigation of cases. The new lab, inaugurated at the CBI
academy in Ghaziabad, will be fully equipped with latest workstations
and software to decode the digital information stored in Apple devices,
said sources.
So far, the agency had limitations in deciphering Apple and Linux-based devices, which are becoming extremely popular nowadays, with the training of forensic experts emphasizing on Windows-based software.
The specialized lab is focused on extracting information from Apple devices using forensic software from devices such as iMac, MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone and iPods as well as from Linux devices which are basically Android-based devices.
The laboratory has been given forensic tools for cloning, imaging, password recovery, forensic analysis, internet artifacts recovery to enable speedy probes, said an official.
CBI director Anil Sinha, who inaugurated the facility earlier, addressed newly inducted sub-inspectors at the agency's training academy.
"Today, we are expected to be specialists in the investigation of not only anti-corruption offences but also in investigation of conventional crimes, economic crimes, complex financial crimes and bank frauds, high-tech and cyber-crimes and crimes having transnational ramifications. This academy has imparted the basic skills and now the onus is on you to improve upon and sharpen these skills further," he said.
So far, the agency had limitations in deciphering Apple and Linux-based devices, which are becoming extremely popular nowadays, with the training of forensic experts emphasizing on Windows-based software.
The specialized lab is focused on extracting information from Apple devices using forensic software from devices such as iMac, MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone and iPods as well as from Linux devices which are basically Android-based devices.
The laboratory has been given forensic tools for cloning, imaging, password recovery, forensic analysis, internet artifacts recovery to enable speedy probes, said an official.
CBI director Anil Sinha, who inaugurated the facility earlier, addressed newly inducted sub-inspectors at the agency's training academy.
"Today, we are expected to be specialists in the investigation of not only anti-corruption offences but also in investigation of conventional crimes, economic crimes, complex financial crimes and bank frauds, high-tech and cyber-crimes and crimes having transnational ramifications. This academy has imparted the basic skills and now the onus is on you to improve upon and sharpen these skills further," he said.
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