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Extract Data from a File
In this hands-on lab, you’ll learn how data is embedded into files during creation and modification, and how this data can be extracted by anyone with access to the file.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Extract data from a file.
Note: Please wait an extra minute or two before starting the lab steps to give the lab server setup time.
Run the following command:
exiftool WHO_MADE_ME.docx
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Challenge
Confirm the result.
Run the following command (replace
<_AUTHOR_NAME_
> with the actual author name you extracted from the file):./check.sh "<_AUTHOR_NAME_>"
About the author
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