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GBI special agent Wendell Goodman works on breaking into a cell phone at the GBI offices at the Georgia Cyber Center in Augusta. [MICHAEL HOLAHAN/ THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE] GBI Special Agent Steven Foster stands in the computer lab at the Georgia Bureau of Invesitgations Cyber Crime Center. The lab is used to forensically examine and extract evidence from computer hard drives and other devices. [MICHAEL HOLAHAN/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE] devices, such as tablets and even household appliances. “If you carry a cell phone into a homicide, you’ve left a digital footprint,” Foster said. “Whether it is trying to connect with Bluetooth devices, wi-fi or just your mere presence inside the crime scene, that data on your phone becomes really, really important.” The same holds true for modern automobiles, which have computerized navigation and entertainment systems that are constantly generating and storing data. “It gives us something that we normally wouldn’t have, absent a tire print, shoe print or fingerprints,” Foster said, noting that his office has assisted in the investigation of the Ahmaud Arbery shooting in South Georgia. Foster declined to elaborate on the specifics of that case or the nature of its investigation into the incident, which was partly captured on cell phone footage and home security cameras. His office also assisted in the case against Gwinnett County Judge Kathryn Schrader, who was accused of facilitating illegal access to the county’s computer network. Jurors deadlocked on the case earlier this year. Crimes involving computer fraud against individuals, as well as cyber bullying or cyber stalking, generally trickle up to the GBI through local law enforcement agencies. But Foster said the GBI is lobbying for the ability to have “original jurisdiction” in such cases that would enable the bureau to take a lead role. The GBI works hand-in-hand with the FBI and other federal agencies. In fact, two U.S. Secret Service agents are based out of the GBI Cyber Crime Center. Both federal and state agencies are attempting to stay one step ahead of cyber criminals, Foster said. “It’s a cat-and-mouse game,” he said. “Everything that we do to increase security on the good guy’s side of the house, the bad guys can use that same technology to hide themselves. And then they’re using that technology against us. So we’re always leapfrogging what the other guy’s doing.” ■ 14 Cybersecurity in Augusta - September 2020
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