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Volume 3 | Issue 2 | Year 2025 | Article Id: CYS-V3I2P101 DOI: https://doi.org/10.59232/CYS-V3I2P101
Assessing the Performance of Forensic File Recovery Tools on Deleted Files from a USB Device
Grace Bunmi Akintola
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Grace Bunmi Akintola. “Assessing the Performance of Forensic File Recovery Tools on Deleted Files from a USB Device.” DS Journal of Cyber Security, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 1-15, 2025.
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