logged, making the discipline often reactionary. In 2000 the FBI lured computer hackers Aleksey Ivanov and Gorshkov to the United States for a fake job interview. By monitoring network traffic from the pair's computers, the FBI identified passwords allowing them to collect evidence directly from Russian-based computers. Forensic data analysis Forensic Data Analysis is a branch of digital forensics. It examines structured data with the aim to discover and analyze patterns of fraudulent activities resulting from financial crime. Digital image forensics Digital image forensics (or forensic image analysis) is a branch of digital forensics that deals with examination and verification of an image's authenticity and content. These can range from Stalin-era airbrushed photos to elaborate deepfake videos. This has broad implications for a wide variety of crimes, for determining the validity of information presented in civil and criminal trials, and for verifying images and information that are circulated through news and social media. Database forensics Database forensics is a branch of digital forensics relating to the forensic study of databases and their metadata. Investigations use database contents, log files and in-RAM data to build a timeline or recover relevant information. IoT Forensics IoT forensics is a branch of Digital forensics that has the goal of identifying and extracting digital information from devices belonging to the Internet of things field, to be used for forensics investigations as potential source of evidence. See also List of digital forensics tools Cyberspace Forensic search Glossary of digital forensics terms Outline of forensic science References Further reading Related journals Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics Journal of Digital Investigation International Journal of Digital Evidence International Journal of Forensic Computer Science Journal of Digital Forensic Practice Small Scale Digital Device Forensic Journal External links Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence Digital Forensics Case Studies Forensic disciplines