Acme hospital is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and services approximately 200,000 patients in the area. The Information Security team has discovered that attackers have successfully exfiltrated the patient records of all 200,000 patients. You are a part of the forensic investigation team that is tasked with the discovery and collection of evidence.

Using the scientific method as discussed in your textbook as the foundation, describe the steps in the method.
Discuss specifically what actions related to this scenario you will conduct for each step in the scientific method.
Your paper should be in APA format, with at least two scholarly resources, and at least 1000 words.
It is fine to make some assumptions in the writing just be sure to state those assumptions.