Interesting video on what happen if you steal a hacker's PC

[Andrew]

http://njuice.com/Defcon-18-Pwned-By-owner-What-steal

It goes for a little over 20 minutes and contains some fruity language, so perhaps not safe for work, but entertaining and informative nonetheless.

Has anyone had any experience with tracing computer users over the internet?  I'm curious to know where an investigator would even begin...

[BigGeorge]

Andrew, thanks, that is one very educational video!
 

It also demonstrates that investigating is about ingenious use of all resources and grasping every opportunity that comes up, to chase further tracks. Excellent stuff.

I recommend this video to everyone here.



BigGeorge

[Andrew]

Glad you liked it.  I agree - there are a lot of avenues open for investigation that are overlooked simply because people are not aware they exist.

I also thought it was great that an Aussie was presenting at DefCon (an internationally recognised I.T. security convention held in the USA).

[David]

The video is entertaining and, indeed, somewhat ironic given the author's success was based on his own lax security in the first instance.

However, I cannot help but feel that after two years it may not be the thief who is using the laptop but someone who possibly purchased it in good faith on eBay. That doesn't justify the person having the laptop by any means, but I think it a bit poor to name and rubbish him so publicly.

There is a lesson though to investigators in how much digital information can be found about people online!