Case one – Electronic eavesdropping
M57.biz is a new company that researches patent information for clients.
Facts of the case:
• 1 president / CEO
• 3 additional employees
• The firm is planning to hire more employees, so they have a lot of inventory on hand
(computers, printers, etc).
Current employees:
• President: Pat McGoo
• Information Technology: Terry
• Patent Researchers: Jo, Charlie
Employees work onsite, and conduct most business exchanges over email. All of the employees work
in Windows environments, although each employee prefers different software (e.g. Outlook vs.
Thunderbird).
Figure 1: Network configuration for M57.biz
Note: In the above figure “DOMEX” is the local server managing external network access and email.
One of the M57 employees is spying on the boss (Pat McGoo) electronically. This employee is
concerned that Pat may find out about certain activities they have engaged in – activities that may be
related (directly or indirectly) to another ongoing investigation. You are tasked with determining the
following:
• Who is spying on Pat?
At the end of your investigation you should prepare a report based on the details provided in the
assignment three.
Electronic identities:
Pat McGoo (President): pat@m57.biz (email password: mcgoo01)
Terry Johnson (IT Administrator): terry@m57.biz (email password: johnson01)
Jo Smith (Patent Researcher): jo@m57.biz (email password: smith01)
Charlie Brown (Patent Researcher): charlie@m57.biz (email password: brown01)
You can find further information (such as a copy of the detective reports, along with the search
warrant and affidavit) about this case in the link below:
http://digitalcorpora.org/corpora/scenarios/m57-patents-scenario
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