Child porn found on CFS

A computer file containing child pornography was found on a campus computer Sunday. \nThe IU Police Department said a student reported the incident after opening the file from the CFS scratch disk system, computer space that is open to all students on campus. \nAccording to a police report, the computer file's label gave no indication that it contained lewd content. The student who reported the incident would only give his first name, police said.\nLt. Jerry Minger of IUPD said little information concerning the reported incident is known thus far.\n"At this point in the investigation not much is known aside from what is written in the police report," Minger said. "But we have started an investigation with technological assistance from (University Information Technology Systems.)"\nDeputy Information Technology Policy Officer, Merri Beth Lavagnino, said when UITS is brought into a police investigation they try to pinpoint the original location of the computer file.\n"(UITS) most often starts investigations by searching various log data files for connection information concerning the network address of the accessor, date and time of the alleged activity," Lavagnino said.\nUITS spokesman Mark Bruhn said it is not necessarily a guarantee that UITS will be able to locate the computer where the pornographic file originated.\n"Generally, it is technologically possible to track down the spot where a computer file started," Bruhn said. "But right now, for this particular case, we're not yet sure whether or not we're going to be able to do that."\nWhile UITS does not have a specific policy for child pornography, Lavagnino said the person or persons responsible for the reported material would still be violating user policies.\n"The User's Privileges and Responsibilities document states that computing network and resources may not be used for illegal purposes," Lavagnino said. "So, of course, if the material was found to be child pornography, the person would definitely be in violation of (UITS) policy"