ManTech Cyber Solutions Inc.'s Crowbar is a unique digital forensic tool designed to perform critical functions needed by the digital forensics community. Crowbar deciphers personal identification numbers (PINs) on multi-media flash memory cards typically used in mobile phones, personal digital assistants, digital cameras and other devices. Crowbar addresses several forensics challenges. For example, many traditional forensics tools will identify a PIN-locked flash memory card as "corrupt" without indicating that the card may be PIN-locked. Crowbar is able to determine if a memory card is PIN-locked, corrupt or damaged. Before Crowbar, the only way a military, law enforcement or civilian government investigator could unlock these storage devices was to obtain the PIN from the owner, or manually guess at the PIN. Crowbar gives investigators access to data stored on PIN-locked secure digital or multi-media card flash memory cards by rapidly attempting to determine the PIN. Crowbar is a user-friendly, portable, handheld device that is designed for tactical field operations. Crowbar delivers results by: Saving precious field-investigation time by attempting to crack PINS faster and more efficiently than could be done manually; Creating forensically sound images of unlocked cards for further examination back at the lab; Serving as a write-blocked card reader for unlocked cards.
