Solving the "Lover, Stalker, Killer" Murder with strings, grep, and Perl

Presented at DEF CON 32 (2024), Aug. 11, 2024, noon (20 minutes).

Cari Farver did not disappear off the face of the Earth. She was murdered in cold blood, and her killer went on to impersonate her online, for over three years. The suspect hid their tracks with VPNs, proxies, and anonymizing apps. This talk will go behind the scenes of Netflix's "Lover, Stalker, Killer" to detail the open source software and bespoke methods used to prove a no-body homicide case based almost entirely on digital evidence. Dateline NBC, S26E1 "Scorned" (2017) Rule, Leslie. "A Tangled Web: A Cyberstalker, a Deadly Obsession, and the Twisting Path to Justice". Citadel Press, 2020. Netflix, "Lover, Stalker, Killer" (2024)

Presenters:

  • Anthony Kava
    Anthony Kava is a hacker and carries a badge. Got his start breaking Apple IIs then moved, somehow, to breaking baddies. Works as a cyber crime investigator and digital forensics examiner with a penchant for infosec. Kava is a recognized Soylent drinker, scourge to software vendors, and has been portrayed by a Canadian in a Lifetime movie. Dreams in Perl. Enjoys long walks on the dark web.