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al-Qaida Embedding Messages in Digital Files?

Posted on | December 9, 2004 |

Canada’s RCMP believe al-Qaida is hiding messages by embedding them in digital files.

OTTAWA (CP) - The RCMP has warned its investigators to be on the lookout for cleverly disguised messages embedded by al-Qaida in digital files police seize from terror suspects.An internal report obtained by The Canadian Press gives credence to the long-rumoured possibility Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network and other extremist groups are using a technique known as steganography to hide the existence of sensitive communications.

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