How to find the IP address of a hacker, according to CSI: Cyber

The episode of the television documentary CSI: Cyber which aired on CBS last Wednesday demonstrated an elite trick to obtaining a hacker’s IP address: Extract it from the email header.

Here’s a screen shot from time code 14:35 that demonstrates the technique.

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This technique is so awesome I had to share it.

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Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

How to find the IP address of a hacker, according to CSI: Cyber

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