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DIGITAL VEHICLE FORENSICS

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Ms. Savannah Pieaded Lobo

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Digital Vehicle forensics is an upcoming field of forensics that deals with
recovering digital evidence or data which is stored in a vehicle’s mod-
ules, network, and messages sent across an operating system. In today’s
world, almost everything is digitalized including vehicles and with this

increasing digitalization, smart and driverless cars have become much

more popular due to the advancement in technology.

Nowadays, most cars have built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) or
other features such as digital multimedia and/or internet connectivity.

It also gives us a vast range of data such as favourite locations, home

addresses, etc. and other personal data such as contact numbers, pic-

tures, and SMS (Short Message Service) messages, and such informa-

tion helps in forensic investigations since vehicle investigations mainly

focus on the make and model of a particular vehicle.

EVIDENCE FOUND IN DIGITAL VEHICLE FORENSICS
E V ID EN CE F OUND IN DIGI T AL V EH ICLE F OR ENSIC S
• Black boxes of the vehicle/ Event Data Recorder (EDR).

• Dash Cameras.

• Data can be stored on an app on the owner’s phone.

• Key Fobs.

• GPS Systems.

• Electronic Control Unit (ECU) of self-driving cars.

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