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Document DOJ-OGR-00023460

AI Analysis

Summary: The FBI analyzed MCC New York's DVR system and found that DVR 2 had catastrophic disk failures and was not recording since July 29, 2019. The facility staff, including the Warden and SIS Lieutenant, were unaware of the issue. The failure resulted in the loss of video recordings from cameras assigned to DVR 2.
Significance: This document is potentially important because it reveals a significant failure in the MCC New York's DVR system, resulting in data loss, and highlights the lack of awareness among facility staff about the issue.
Key Topics: FBI's forensic analysis of MCC New York's DVR system DVR 2 failure and data loss Awareness of DVR issues among facility staff
Key People:
  • Electronics Technician - Staff member responsible for maintenance of DVR systems
  • Warden - Supervisory official at MCC New York
  • SIS Lieutenant - Supervisory official at MCC New York
  • Company 1 Technician - Technician who reviewed DVR 2 controller logs with FBI
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Folder
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The FBI's Digital Forensics Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia, received MCC New York's DVR system on August 16, 2019, and began to conduct a forensic analysis of the system. According to FBI forensic reports, DVR 2 did not start successfully. The Digital Forensics Analysis Unit found that the system contained three faulty hard drives. The FBI forensic reports state that the three drives were repaired by an FBI Advanced Data Recovery Specialist, but the DVR was never able to be assembled successfully. The forensic reports further state that an FBI computer scientist and the Company 1 Technician reviewed the DVR 2 controller logs and found that there had previously been "catastrophic disk failures" and no recordings would have been available after July 29, 2019. When the OIG asked the Electronics Technician about this finding by the FBI, he told the OIG he was unaware that cameras were not recording to DVR 2 between July 29 and August 8, 2019. Neither the Warden nor the SIS Lieutenant was aware the cameras assigned to DVR 2 had not been recording since July 29, 2019. The Company 1 Technician could not recall working with the Electronics Technician on any DVR issues prior to August 8, 2019, but he said that if the entire DVR 2 server went down on July 29, 2019, no video would have been able to have been retrieved from that point forward from any of the cameras recording to DVR 2.