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사건ID: SCP-CR-2026-047
날짜: 2026-04-09
장소: New York City, 214 Mercer Ave
보고기관: SCP Foundation - Site 19 Archives
상태: 미결
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Incident Overview:
A commercially available Kindle edition titled True Crime Case Files: Real Stories Of Murder, Mystery & Justice (25 book series) was identified through routine monitoring of public digital marketplaces on 2026-04-02. The entry contained metadata and manuscript text that referenced law enforcement reconstructions and release dates predating their known public release. Portions of the text reproduced verbatim segments of investigative reports that, according to official agency release logs, had not been published until months later. The file was acquired, isolated, and submitted to Site 19 archival processing for containment and analysis.
Detailed Record:
1) Discovery: 2026-04-02, automated marketplace scrape flagged atypical metadata linking multiple high-profile unresolved cases with future publication dates. Title and subtitle matched a 25-volume series; individual item metadata listed English editions with specific release dates in late 2025.
2) Acquisition: 2026-04-03, digital purchase and forensic image of the Kindle file acquired under warrant. Device used for access was a commercially produced Kindle Oasis, serial KIN-0894. The file was isolated on an air-gapped analysis workstation. Chain of custody documented in Archive Log CR/2026/047-A.
3) Content comparison: Manuscript text contains chapter-level reconstructions titled identically to internal police report headings from three separate ongoing investigations (cases referenced: Susan Smith, Laci Peterson, Madeleine McCann). Comparison with law enforcement release logs shows verbatim correspondence between manuscript reconstructions and official reports that were publicly released on 2025-09-23, 2025-09-15, and 2025-11-07 respectively; the Kindle file metadata lists those same reconstructions with those dates as publication dates embedded in the file properties prior to those public releases.
4) Digital provenance: File metadata includes an author field and ASIN-like identifier not present in marketplace index records prior to discovery. Metadata timestamps indicate creation 2025-08-12 and last modification 2026-03-31. Server logs from vendor were requested and partially obtained under F316. Vendor records show a single upload event on 2026-03-30 from an anonymized account; however, proxy logs indicate that the upload originated from a commercial IP range without subscriber data.
5) Physical evidence: Printed excerpts from the manuscript were produced for hands-on analysis (Evidence Item CR-047-E1). Hash values, MD5 and SHA256 of the digital file recorded in evidence log. No embedded DRM anomalies were found; however, embedded comments in the file metadata included text strings matching internal police report identifiers normally redacted from public releases.
Evidence List:
- CR-047-E0: Forensic image of Kindle file (SHA256: [redacted in archive])
- CR-047-E1: Printed excerpts of chapters reproducing police reconstructions
- CR-047-E2: Kindle device KIN-0894 extracted artifacts
- CR-047-E3: Marketplace scrape logs and index snapshots
- CR-047-E4: Vendor upload proxy logs provided under subpoena
- CR-047-E5: Chain of custody and Archive Log CR/2026/047-A
Witness Statements:
'I was the analyst who pulled the entry. It looked normal until I started matching headings to old police documents.' - Field Analyst J. Park
'We checked vendor logs; there was only one upload and the account used a commercial gateway. It didn't tie back to a person in their database.' - Vendor Liaison M. Ortiz
'When I printed the excerpt I recognized identifiers that are usually redacted. That was the moment we escalated.' - Archives Technician L. Chen
Analysis:
The sequence of observable events is as follows: automated detection of atypical marketplace metadata; forensic acquisition of the Kindle file and associated device; textual comparison revealing verbatim matches to law enforcement reconstructions; partial vendor logs showing an upload event that lacks a conventional subscriber trail. The core causal linkage established by physical evidence is temporal and content-based: the Kindle file contains text and embedded identifiers corresponding to police documents that, according to external release logs, were not publicly available at the time the Kindle metadata indicates. Two contextual points are relevant to interpretation and containment efforts.
First, the reproduction of internal report headings and unredacted identifiers within the file implies access to non-public investigative materials prior to their known release dates. The provenance trail available from vendor logs does not account for authorized access by named individuals or agencies, and the originating IP range corresponds to third-party commercial infrastructure rather than a known law enforcement endpoint.
Second, the manuscript's internal timestamps and marketplace metadata present a temporal anomaly: file creation and embedded publication dates precede public release of the matching law enforcement documents. Forensic analysis confirmed that the digital file exhibits standard file system timestamps consistent with the stated creation dates; no signs of simple post-hoc insertion of text into an older container were found. The correlation between the file's internal data and later public releases is concrete and reproducible across multiple chapters and multiple cases.
The portion of the record that becomes progressively more difficult to reconcile concerns the mechanism by which precise investigative reconstructions and internal identifiers were exported, packaged into a consumer ebook container, and uploaded through an account with an anonymized vendor trail. Technical analysis has ruled out local file tampering on the acquisition device and found no evidence of collusion by Site 19 personnel. External cooperation with affected law enforcement agencies yielded confirmation that the specific reconstructions first appeared in their internal systems on dates that postdate the Kindle file's creation timestamps.
Unresolved Matters:
상태: 미결
The Kindle file contained verbatim police reconstructions and unredacted investigative identifiers with embedded timestamps predating the official public release dates of the same documents.
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**참고 이미지:**
*출처: Andrey Soldatov*
*출처: Andrey Soldatov*
*출처: Andrey Soldatov*
사건ID: SCP-CR-2026-047
날짜: 2026-04-09
장소: New York City, 214 Mercer Ave
보고기관: SCP Foundation - Site 19 Archives
상태: 미결
---
Incident Overview:
A commercially available Kindle edition titled True Crime Case Files: Real Stories Of Murder, Mystery & Justice (25 book series) was identified through routine monitoring of public digital marketplaces on 2026-04-02. The entry contained metadata and manuscript text that referenced law enforcement reconstructions and release dates predating their known public release. Portions of the text reproduced verbatim segments of investigative reports that, according to official agency release logs, had not been published until months later. The file was acquired, isolated, and submitted to Site 19 archival processing for containment and analysis.
Detailed Record:
1) Discovery: 2026-04-02, automated marketplace scrape flagged atypical metadata linking multiple high-profile unresolved cases with future publication dates. Title and subtitle matched a 25-volume series; individual item metadata listed English editions with specific release dates in late 2025.
2) Acquisition: 2026-04-03, digital purchase and forensic image of the Kindle file acquired under warrant. Device used for access was a commercially produced Kindle Oasis, serial KIN-0894. The file was isolated on an air-gapped analysis workstation. Chain of custody documented in Archive Log CR/2026/047-A.
3) Content comparison: Manuscript text contains chapter-level reconstructions titled identically to internal police report headings from three separate ongoing investigations (cases referenced: Susan Smith, Laci Peterson, Madeleine McCann). Comparison with law enforcement release logs shows verbatim correspondence between manuscript reconstructions and official reports that were publicly released on 2025-09-23, 2025-09-15, and 2025-11-07 respectively; the Kindle file metadata lists those same reconstructions with those dates as publication dates embedded in the file properties prior to those public releases.
4) Digital provenance: File metadata includes an author field and ASIN-like identifier not present in marketplace index records prior to discovery. Metadata timestamps indicate creation 2025-08-12 and last modification 2026-03-31. Server logs from vendor were requested and partially obtained under F316. Vendor records show a single upload event on 2026-03-30 from an anonymized account; however, proxy logs indicate that the upload originated from a commercial IP range without subscriber data.
5) Physical evidence: Printed excerpts from the manuscript were produced for hands-on analysis (Evidence Item CR-047-E1). Hash values, MD5 and SHA256 of the digital file recorded in evidence log. No embedded DRM anomalies were found; however, embedded comments in the file metadata included text strings matching internal police report identifiers normally redacted from public releases.
Evidence List:
- CR-047-E0: Forensic image of Kindle file (SHA256: [redacted in archive])
- CR-047-E1: Printed excerpts of chapters reproducing police reconstructions
- CR-047-E2: Kindle device KIN-0894 extracted artifacts
- CR-047-E3: Marketplace scrape logs and index snapshots
- CR-047-E4: Vendor upload proxy logs provided under subpoena
- CR-047-E5: Chain of custody and Archive Log CR/2026/047-A
Witness Statements:
'I was the analyst who pulled the entry. It looked normal until I started matching headings to old police documents.' - Field Analyst J. Park
'We checked vendor logs; there was only one upload and the account used a commercial gateway. It didn't tie back to a person in their database.' - Vendor Liaison M. Ortiz
'When I printed the excerpt I recognized identifiers that are usually redacted. That was the moment we escalated.' - Archives Technician L. Chen
Analysis:
The sequence of observable events is as follows: automated detection of atypical marketplace metadata; forensic acquisition of the Kindle file and associated device; textual comparison revealing verbatim matches to law enforcement reconstructions; partial vendor logs showing an upload event that lacks a conventional subscriber trail. The core causal linkage established by physical evidence is temporal and content-based: the Kindle file contains text and embedded identifiers corresponding to police documents that, according to external release logs, were not publicly available at the time the Kindle metadata indicates. Two contextual points are relevant to interpretation and containment efforts.
First, the reproduction of internal report headings and unredacted identifiers within the file implies access to non-public investigative materials prior to their known release dates. The provenance trail available from vendor logs does not account for authorized access by named individuals or agencies, and the originating IP range corresponds to third-party commercial infrastructure rather than a known law enforcement endpoint.
Second, the manuscript's internal timestamps and marketplace metadata present a temporal anomaly: file creation and embedded publication dates precede public release of the matching law enforcement documents. Forensic analysis confirmed that the digital file exhibits standard file system timestamps consistent with the stated creation dates; no signs of simple post-hoc insertion of text into an older container were found. The correlation between the file's internal data and later public releases is concrete and reproducible across multiple chapters and multiple cases.
The portion of the record that becomes progressively more difficult to reconcile concerns the mechanism by which precise investigative reconstructions and internal identifiers were exported, packaged into a consumer ebook container, and uploaded through an account with an anonymized vendor trail. Technical analysis has ruled out local file tampering on the acquisition device and found no evidence of collusion by Site 19 personnel. External cooperation with affected law enforcement agencies yielded confirmation that the specific reconstructions first appeared in their internal systems on dates that postdate the Kindle file's creation timestamps.
Unresolved Matters:
상태: 미결
The Kindle file contained verbatim police reconstructions and unredacted investigative identifiers with embedded timestamps predating the official public release dates of the same documents.
---
**참고 이미지:**
*출처: Andrey Soldatov*
*출처: Andrey Soldatov*
*출처: Andrey Soldatov*
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