Ladies and gentlemen. cash value to that acquisition.

Now when you think about that, it is a digital fingerprint of that evidence that we just acquired.

If anyone changes even one bit of data within that evidence file, it will totally

invalidate the M. D. 5 and create a totally new signature on that particular piece of evidence.

Okay. So for every device that Mr. Bennett mentioned that we imaged,

we performed that exact process. We know who imaged it, we know when they imaged it, we know where it was image too, and that is a controlled item within our evidence in the chain of custody handling procedure.

We then took those digital copies

and we maintain one of those digital copies

as primary evidence.

And so we lock that away in a US government,

GSA, approved safe to ensure that no one would access it and that it is there is the primary evidence for the basis of our analysis.

We then created examination copies that we have used for the determination of the

cyber security status and other aspects of those of those systems. Okay I must reiterate, not a single bit of data was ever

changed on any device that came into our position.

So Madam President, Mr Cotton,

are you saying that the machines were not Are you're

machines were not damaged or tampered with in any way where they couldn't be used again?

And if they were, you have implemented the people to check and see whether that was done.

Oh, Senator, that is correct.

So we have exactly a bit-for-bit image of these systems as we receive them.

Okay, we did not modify, we did not change any chips. We did not access anything other than the hard drives for those systems.

So if there were any changes to the original equipment,

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