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Subject:    A real case of malicious steganography in the wild?
From:       Steven Bellovin <smb () cs ! columbia ! edu>
Date:       2010-06-29 7:33:51
Message-ID: 08B78050-840C-494E-B4CB-E126F909BEBC () cs ! columbia ! edu
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For years, there have been unverifiable statements in the press about assorted \
hostile parties using steganography.  There may now be a real incident -- or at \
least, the FBI has stated in court documents that it happened.

According to the Justice Department \
(http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/June/10-nsd-753.html), 11 Russian nationals have \
been operating as deep cover agents in the US for many years.  According to Complaint \
#2 (link at the bottom of the page), a steganographic program was used.  Other \
Internet-era techniques allegedly employed include ad hoc WiFi networks.  (To be \
sure, the FBI could be wrong.  In the past, I've seen them make mistakes about that, \
but they're *much* more experienced now.)

It will be interesting to see how this develops in court.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb





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