Attack at the prefecture. 160 investigators are working on decrypting the attacker's USB key

About 160 investigators are trying to decrypt the items contained in the USB key belonging to Mickael Harpon, the computer scientist of the police headquarters, who killed four of his colleagues Thursday in Paris.

According to Reuters, about 160 investigators are currently working to extract the videos, documents and data contained in the USB key that belonged to Mickaël Harpon, the author of the killings at the Paris police headquarters, police sources said. .

This 64GB key is "A working key" and the police are working to determine as soon as possible, thanks to a sorting software, the nature of the recorded data, but also erased, said the same source, who does not pronounce on the character "Worrying" content mentioned on Monday. This software makes it possible to isolate the "secret defense" data for the officials authorized to handle this type of information, which is not the case for all the investigators mobilized, it was indicated.

Names and personal data of officials

Investigators working on the attack of the Paris police headquarters found this USB key "Disturbing content" at the workplace of the author of the slaughter. The Parisian was the first to reveal the existence of this key containing propaganda videos of the Islamic State group, with scenes of beheading, and dozens of names and personal data of officials of the Directorate of Intelligence of the Prefecture of Police. The key was discovered among various computers and computer media seized during the search.

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