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ARTICLE · 06 MAY 2020

Forensic investigators tracing Turnbull e-book leak

A digital investigation may identify the source of the leak of an e-document, distributed without the owner's knowledge.

AustraliaCriminal Law

Executive Director Brendan Read discusses how to identify the source of a leak with Information & Data Manager Magazine

With news of the leak of former Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull's autobiography coming out last week, attention quickly turned to those responsible and the matter promptly referred to the Australian Federal Police.

But in a situation like this, when an electronic document has been distributed without the knowledge of its owner, how exactly do you go about identifying the source of the leak?

As a Forensic investigator at KordaMentha, Brendan Read shared some insights with Information & Data Manager Magazine into the process of a typical digital investigation.

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