by Steve Burgess | Nov 9, 2026 | Attorneys, Cell phones, Expert Witness
“I saw the ad on Facebook. It had the bank’s logo. It had the CEO’s face. It looked real.” It usually does. By the time someone walks into your office with that story, the money has moved, often more than once. The ad may already be gone, as may the website it linked...
by Steve Burgess | Nov 2, 2026 | Attorneuys, Cyber Investigations, Evidence Preservation, Expert Witness Insights, Forensic stories, Litigation Support, Tech
“They took the client files. So I guess the privilege is gone too, right? Great.” Not so fast. It’s a natural first question after a firm gets hit. A thief taking privileged documents doesn’t automatically take the privilege with them....
by Steve Burgess | Oct 26, 2026 | AI, Attorneys, CSI, Digital Evidence, Digital Forensics, Litigation Support
You’ve seen the movie. The defense expert pats the last hair into its slicked place, adjusts his tie, and strolls confidently to the stand, with what he believes is a knowing smile on his face. Then the prosecutor asks a sharp question and the smile crumbles. Real...
by Steve Burgess | Oct 19, 2026 | Attorneys, Cell phones, Digital Evidence, Digital Forensics
If television has taught the public anything, it’s that catching a cyberstalker takes about thirty seconds in a dark van with lots of blinking lights and headphones, a hoodie, some scrolling green text, and (if we’re lucky) an overly enthusiastic keyboard smash. In...
by Steve Burgess | Oct 12, 2026 | AI, Attorneuys, Attorneys, Cell phones, Cyber Investigations, Cyberbullying, Digital Evidence, Digital Forensics, Electronic Discovery
If you scan the criminal dockets for cases involving cyberstalking, you will notice a persistent pattern. Cyberstalking is rarely the main course. More often than not, it’s just the side dish. It gets tacked onto a primary indictment for domestic violence, extortion,...