Flashback Data was founded in 2004 as the A-Team or SEAL Team (depending on what generation you are from) for the IT industry. We are laser focused on data recovery and computer forensic investigations which has allowed us to stay on top of recovering evolving technology such as flash-memory and solid state drives. We find …
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Flashback Data is proud to announce that we are a Finalist in the Small Business Innovation category for the 2010 Greater Austin Business Awards after winning in the same category last year. Let’s hope for a repeat.
Flashback Data is proud to annouce that we have received our ASCLD/LAB International accreditation. This makes us the first private/non-government organization in the world to be accredited for digital forensics. This puts our digital forensic lab at the same standard as the FBI’s digital investigation labs. We have been working hard on this and are extremely excited by the opportunity to broaden …
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Most investigations begin with a suspicion. Someone suspects that something has occurred on a computer and wants to determine what it is or what significance it has. Sooner or later, the computer ends up in our laboratory for examination. Whether it’s “sooner” or “later” may have a dramatic impact on the complexity and corresponding cost …
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Last night in front of hundreds of businessmen and women of Austin, Flashback Data took the first award of the night in the Small Business Innovation category at the 2009 Greater Austin Business Awards. We are very excited to be recognized for our hard work in innovating our industry’s technology and processes. This is a …
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“I do not think that word means what you think it means” – Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride As with any other scientific specialty, computer investigations have their own lexicon of ideas and terms. Many of them are foreign enough that a layman will require an explanation just to understand them, but several are words with …
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We have all heard the words: “Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” But what does that mean today? Drug companies write thousands of pages of disclaimers, and public servants lie about extramarital affairs all the time. So what is “the truth”? I recently had a case …
Flashback Data is proud to annouce that we are a Finalist in the Small Business Innovation category for the 2009 Greater Austin Business Awards. Please see more information at the Austin Chamber of Commerce Website: Thank you to all of the people that have supported us over the years.
A little understanding of electronic evidence and digital forensics goes a long way. Because there are some terms of art that mean one thing to a forensic investigator and another to a layperson, it is important that you familiarize yourself with a bit of the lexicon before engaging a digital forensics firm. This primer will …
We recently received a hard drive turned over by a former employee of our client. The drive would not work and had been sent in for data recovery. Indeed, when we brought it into the lab, the drive was not powering on. It was time to do a little investigation. Examining the drive connectors, we …