ORNL technology targets actions of child predators
From Staff ReportsOriginally published: August 07. 2009 3:01AM
Last modified: August 06. 2009 10:24PM
People producing child pornography and using the Internet to share their material could be living dangerously because of a technology for forensics use that was developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex.
The system employs software agents to rapidly and thoroughly scan confiscated hard drives to find illegal material and help rescue children from danger.
The technology dramatically reduces the amount of time required to scan a hard drive, which lessens the forensics analysis backlogs and could double the number of offenders who can be prosecuted, according to ORNL.
ORNL and Y-12 are teaming with the Tennessee Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Knoxville Police Department.
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