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The FBI on Tuesday showed off its new forensics laboratory in Dallas, where digital detectives extract data from cell phones and other electronic devices to help solve crimes, including the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
It’s called the North Texas Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory, and it recently moved into a new state-of-the-art facility in a federal building on Houston Street downtown.
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The employees are legal hackers who try to gain access to suspects’ cell phones after obtaining the owner’s consent or a search warrant signed by a judge.