News Articles/Press Releases

4/4/11 Former Student Convicted of Multiple Charges in Attack at Hillsdale HS

A jury found Alexander Youshock, 18, guilty of six counts against him in what was described as a "Columbine-style attack" against teachers and students at Hillsdale High School, located in San Mateo, California. The Silicon Valley RCFL (SVRCFL) provided digital forensics expertise to investigators, and SVRCFL Deputy Director Alan Lee testified at Youshock's trial – read the full story.

12/9/10 Digital Evidence Section Assists "Operation Trident Breach"

A Joint Cybercrime Operation Conducted by the FBI and International Law Enforcement.

11/18/10 Murder-for-Hire Participants Found Guilty

Silicon Valley RCFL Examiners Presented Findings at Trial.

08/15/07Cybercrime forensics lab cinches high-profile cases

From the BALCO steroids scandal to last year's contaminated spinach case, the Silicon Valley Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory has been in involved in nearly every high-profile investigation in the Bay Area...

01/12/07 Local crime lab gets national credit

Silicon Valley high-tech crime fighters are helping maintain the valley's reputation by earning an accreditation as one of the country's elite computer forensic laboratories. The FBI announced Thursday that the Silicon Valley Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory in Menlo Park has been accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board...

01/11/07 SILICON VALLEY COMPUTER FORENSIC LAB EARNS ELITE STATUS

Silicon Valley high tech crime fighters are helping maintain the valley's reputation by earning an accreditation as one of the country's elite computer forensic laboratories. The FBI announced today that the Silicon Valley Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory in Menlo Park has been accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board. The Silicon Valley lab becomes one of only 16 in the United States and only three in the FBI's network of 14 such labs to earn the board's stamp of approval, the FBI reported ...(Posted: 01/11/07)

01/07/05 MENLO PARK FBI opens Silicon Valley lab Electronic devices a boon for forensics

When forensic examiner Tim Weaver looks at the computers, cell phones and PDAs that aid and entertain people, he sees yet another purpose: evidence. "People rely on electronic devices a lot more than they used to," said Weaver, who works for the Santa Clara County district attorney's office ... (Creation Date: 01/07/05)

01/06/05 FBI Opens New Bay Area Forensics Lab— Regional Lab In Menlo Park

They are the types of evidence now linking virtually every case the FBI investigates -- high-tech devices used by criminals. Now the FBI is sharing its high-tech tools with Bay Area law enforcement by opening a new forensics lab here. ABC7's Thuy Vu takes us on a tour. ... (Creation Date: 01/06/05)

01/06/05 FBI Computer Forensics Lab Opens

As many as three-fourths of Americans are surfing the internet— that includes criminals— so is law enforcement. The FBI today opened a state of the art computer forensic laboratory here in the Bay Area, all designed to fight crime ... (Creation Date: 01/06/05)

01/06/05 New FBI Computer Crime Lab Opens on Peninsula

When the evidence of a crime is hidden on a computer, the new FBI computer crime lab in Menlo Park will sniff it out.
"Little did we know how much of a forward-thinking McGruff the Crime Dog was when he said, 'Take a bite out of crime,'" said Michael Gilmore of the FBI. "We'll be doing that, byte by byte." ... (Creation Date: 01/06/05)

01/05/05 Press Release

Mark J. Mershon, Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announces that there will be a press conference on Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 11:00AM, to inaugurate the Silicon Valley Regional Coer Forensics Laboratory (SVRCFL) ... (Creation Date: 01/05/05)

10/15/02 FBI plans computer lab in the valley

The FBI is creating a $3 million computer forensics lab in Silicon Valley, using the latest imaging software and high-end computers to sleuth for cyber-clues of child pornography, corruption, murder and more ... (Creation Date: 10/16/02)

4/20/02 Press Release

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III today announced the selection of sites for three regional computer forensic laboratories (RCFLs) in Kansas City, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area ... (Creation Date: 07/12/02)