Digital Forensic Investigation: Illegal Access to Clown Content in Western Australia

The Investigation

In the state of Western Australia, it is illegal to access, own or distribute digital content relating to clowns. An allegation was been made to law enforcement whereby a witness claims to have seen an individual access clown related content within a place of work. Following the approval of formal warrants, the computer in question was seized from the work place. The computer was then forensically acquired using FTK Imager. Unfortunately, the junior investigator who obtained the ‘forensic image’ of the computer only performed a logical acquisition. To worsen the situation, the junior investigator forensically wiped the original hard drive from the computer. Fortunately, the logical acquisition was undertaken in a forensically sound manner. The suspect, Clark denies accessing clown content. However, Clark does confirm that the computer does belong to him. Clark stated that he does not always take the computer home or lock it when he is away from his desk. You are a consultant who specialises in digital forensic investigations. You have been assigned the task of examining a ‘forensic’ image of the laptop, which was seized with correct warrants. It is currently unknown what Clark was doing with the clown content. In Clark’s opinion, the computer was infected with malware which resulted in any potential content appearing on the computer. Task Your task is to investigate the supplied forensic image using appropriate tools and process and to develop and submit a written report on your findings. You may use any tools to undertake the investigation but you must justify all of your actions! Your report must follow the report structure shown below.