Martin Strong of Dallas is suspected to be self-radicalized by an extremist group.

Martin Strong of Dallas is suspected to be self-radicalized by an extremist group. A confidential human source (CHS) overheard him discussing plans to assassinate a US Senator! Whilst away, a Technical Operations team was able to obtain an images of three thumbdrives found in various locations of his residence. Additionally, Strong’s IP address was discovered on an extremist website. It was believed that he may have posted a picture with the MD5 of: c3bf69cfae2e727195c92dc73667751a

Your assistance is needed to help thwart this attack! What are Strong’s plans??

Assignment — Your mission should you choose to accept it:

–Download the list of US Senators names to create an Autopsy Keyword List.

GRADING RUBRIC

Submit a Report of Findings that consists of:

SUPPORT REQUESTED (10pts) — summarize what you were asked to do/find

ITEMS ANALYZED (15pts) — identify the Evidence: i.e. name of each Thumbdrive, size of each thumbdrive, MD5 Hash of each thumbdrive

DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS (30pts) — detailed explanation of findings — should contain exhibits/screenshots pertaining to key findings

At a minimum, your discussion of findings should help investigators answer the following questions:

1. Which US Senator is the target?

2. Who is Strong working with?

3. How was Strong trained?

4. What are Strong’s plans?

5. Was the picture that was posted on the extremist website located on Strong’s media?

You will also be graded on your ANALYTICAL PROCESS (45pts) — In your Report of Findings, please identify ALL artifacts that you discover as relevant to this case. There will be deductions for missing artifacts