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Written by: Lin Leer
2020-12-15 18:27
Last update date: 2020-12-15 18:27
The inquiry into the cause of death by HKUST student Zhou Zi today (15th) enters the 18th day.
The digital forensic police officer confessed that Zi Le's iPhone 11 was locked with a password, and he tried to use software to retrieve the data inside the machine but failed.
He explained that there are different variables in whether the data can be extracted, and various factors such as mobile phone model and system version also have an impact, and cannot be generalized.
The police officer also said that he had heard that Huang Zhifeng's mobile phone was hacked by the police, but he "don't know that there is a company or equipment that can be hacked." In addition, it was revealed in the court this morning that Zi Le had sent it to two telegram groups before the accident. Message, the magistrate called on those who communicated with Zile that night to provide information to the court.
Police Constable Zhou Zuyao confessed that he belongs to the Digital Forensics Division of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Division in the police force. In November last year, he received Zi Le’s iPhone, phone card, iPad, MacBook Pro and desktop computers from Senior Police Officer Lin Zhiqiang. No password is required to log in to the computer, and the other three computers are locked with a password.
In February of this year, he downloaded some account numbers and passwords from the Google Chrome browser on his desktop computer and gave them to Officer Lin. Lin later used the information to unlock the iPad.
The last message of the week at 0:49
The iPad’s screen photos were shown in the court this morning. It can be seen that before the accident, Zi Le had sent messages to two telegram groups named "Xianjie (Late)" and "Airplane Group" and took photos from the parking lot to the ground. Photos, and the last message came out at 00:49.
Police Constable Zhou Zuyao claimed that he had tried to use software to unlock Zhou Zile's iphone 11, but it was unsuccessful. He also said that the police software can only retrieve data and copy, but cannot unlock it.
(Photo by Lin Leer)
Failed to retrieve phone data with software
Officer Zhou stated that he had tried to retrieve data from Zile’s iPhone with a certain software, but was unable to retrieve the data because the software did not support it.
Zhou pointed out that Zile’s mobile phone model is iPhone11, and whether the model will affect the retrieval of data cannot be generalized; the mobile phone model, mobile phone settings, system version, etc. have variables, and the mobile phone must be physically disconnected to know whether it can be obtained. data.
Zi Le’s mobile phone system is iOS 13.2, and the magistrate asked whether the mobile phone cracking software company Cellebrite does not support the subsequent iOS system. Zhou said that it was "observing the situation."
Heard that Huang Zhifeng's phone was cracked
The director of inquiry asked whether there was any other software that could crack the password or bypass the password to obtain information. Zhou responded that he did not know whether there was such a software. He also said that he "did not touch the equipment during work."
He later said that he had heard that Huang Zhifeng's mobile phone was hacked by the police, but he reiterated: "It is not clear that there is a company or equipment that can be hacked." He also learned that the police had contacted Apple from reports.
The police software just extracts and copies mobile phone data
He continued to explain that the police software is not to crack the password, but to extract and copy the data from the mobile phone and store it as an image file.
He said that this would not affect the integrity of the original exhibits, saying that "the less you modify the exhibits, the better."
Regarding the recovery level of the retrieved files, Zhou pointed out that every iPad is different. The police did not extract all the data on Zile’s iPad, and the software does not support the retrieval of telegram data.
The witness confessed the incident. (See the picture below for details)
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The official hearing can be concluded early next year
Due to the need to process new evidence, the inquiry could not be concluded this week as scheduled.
Based on the current progress, the magistrate said that he was confident that it would only take one to two more weeks. After this week’s inquest, the court will reopen on the 28th of this month to continue the inquest. It is expected to be available on January 4 or 5 next year. Complete all the testimonies, and then the representatives of all parties will make statements.
The magistrate said earlier that it was found that there was a discrepancy between the testimony of the ambulanceman and the video. The Coroner's Court will re-call the ambulance team leader Zheng Guanming and the ambulanceman Chen Zhifeng to testify in court tomorrow.
The deceased Zhou Zile (22 years old) was found lying on the lower platform on the second floor of the Suntech Parking Lot A at about 1 am on November 4 last year during the conflict between the police and the people. He died on the 8th of the same month.
Case Number: CCDI-932/2019(DK)
The situation of Zhou Zile was photographed in the parking lot of Shangde Village. (See the picture below for details)
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