Forensic investigation of cross platform massively multiplayer online games: Minecraft as a case study

D. C.Paul J. Taylor; Henry Mwiki; Ali Dehghantanha; Alex Akibini; Kim Kwang Raymond Choo; Mohammad Hammoudeh; Reza Parizi

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2019.01.005

Forensic investigation of cross platform massively multiplayer online games: Minecraft as a case study

D. C.Paul J. Taylor, Henry Mwiki, Ali Dehghantanha^*, Alex Akibini, Kim Kwang Raymond Choo, Mohammad Hammoudeh, Reza Parizi

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Abstract

Minecraft, a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG), has reportedly millions of players from different age groups worldwide. With Minecraft being so popular, particularly with younger audiences, it is no surprise that the interactive nature of Minecraft has facilitated the commission of criminal activities such as denial of service attacks against gamers, cyberbullying, swatting, sexual communication, and online child grooming. In this research, there is a simulated scenario of a typical Minecraft setting, using a Linux Ubuntu 16.04.3 machine (acting as the MMOG server) and Windows client devices running Minecraft. Server and client devices are then examined to reveal the type and extent of evidential artefacts that can be extracted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-348
Number of pages	12
Journal	Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society
Volume	59
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2019.01.005
State	Published - May 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Game forensics
MMOG forensics
Massively multiplayer online games (MMOG)
Minecraft forensics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pathology and Forensic Medicine

UN SDGs

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