Personally, I would contact the FBI quickly - and keep my hands off of it.
It's the right thing to do for any children who might be victimized.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Michael Dickey <[email protected]> wrote:

> Personally, I think I would wipe it clean off. That's not something I'd
> like to ever mess with or run afoul of.
>
> But there may be value in forensically examining the files or the victims,
> so it might be best to report the incident and turn over evidence.
>
> This might make a good opportunity to introduce yourself to your local
> field office. :) Maybe someone in a local Infragard chapter can put you in
> touch with someone cyber-friendly at the local office?
>
> By the way, Adrian, excellent question!
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> While doing research on anonymizing networks, what is the best policy to
>> follow concerning inadvertently captured contraband (child porn, copyright
>> infringing files, etc.)? In the case of child porn, the authorities should
>> be notified under normal circumstances, but with anonymizing networks the
>> origin of the files is hard if not impossible to determine. Would it be
>> correct to just wipe the data after research on the network is done?  As I
>> understand it, even having it on your hard drive because of peripherally
>> relevant research would be a crime.
>>
>> Adrian
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