On Jun 29, 2010, at 3:33 AM, Steven Bellovin wrote:
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.
Unfortunately (from a particular point of view), we'll probably never
find it: It looks as if these agents will be swapped for various
Americans held by the Russians.
-- Jerry
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