The FBI recovered surveillance video in the Nancy Guthrie case that the homeowner thought was deleted. Investigators accessed backend servers to retrieve footage of an armed, masked person at her front door. A $50,000 reward is offered for identifying the individual.
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And our live team coverage continues now. That new video retrieved by the FBI could be the thing that cracks this case. Last week, you may remember, authorities said that they did not have any video from these cameras because Nancy did not have a subscription.
But that video was still being stored on the servers. Fox 35's Bailey Bachover joins us live in studio. So Bailey, that video was never completely gone, we hear.
That's right. FBI Director Kash Patel just proved that in the digital age, deleted is a relative term. Investigators were able to look into a server's data and find images by bypassing the user interface and diving into the backend. Investigators recovered images of an armed person at Nancy— Nancy Guthrie's front door, previously labeled inaccessible. This is the video some thought was gone forever. A masked figure, pistol drawn, captured at a front door. For a week, the trail was cold because there was no active cloud subscription. However, the data was hidden in the heartbeat.
And it's essentially a signal, a communication means letting the company know that the camera's good, letting the camera know that the company's paying attention, and letting the user know at any given point in time they can reactivate the camera should they want to.
Even without a subscription, your camera is constantly whispering to the server. The case exposes a massive tech secret: delete does not mean destroyed. On a provider server, a ghost copy can live for months or years, accessible to anyone with the right legal authority.
That data is generally accessible to only those who are authorized to access that data for whatever reason. Most companies, they have some form of data storage policy.
Well, there is a $50,000 reward for anyone who recognizes the person, and it is a reminder your smart home has a very long memory. Memory. Reporting in studio, Bailey Bachover, Fox 35 News.
Thanks, Bailey. Of course, you can check out the Fox Local app to read the latest developments on the search for Nancy Guthrie. The app is updated all day and all night long with content from here in Orlando and around the world.
