A forensic toolkit and method for accessing data stored on SIM or USIM cards

摘要

An access storage card (18) comprising means to store a copy of a mobile phone SIM or USIM card (19) on the acceés storage card to enable the access storage card to communicate with a mobile phone handset such that mobile phone data stored on the copy of the mobile phone SIM or USIM card and stored on the mobile phone handset can be accessed, data transfer between one or both of the storage card and the mobile handset, and any mobile phone network, in use, being prevented, the access storage card comprising an altered copy of the mobile phone SIM or USIM card, the copy being altered such that the authentication procedure that normally occurs between a mobile phone SIM or USIM card and a mobile phone network is disrupted.