[I'm not sure how seriously I'd take these articles without more facts. Also note that there have been reports -- based on the usual anonymous government sources -- that the Sep. 11 terrorists used encryption (http://www.wartimeliberty.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/21/2220202&mode=thread). --DBM]
http://www.businessam.co.uk/TodaysPaper/TodaysArticles/0,2910,54947,00.html War on Terrorism: Scots hunt bin Laden on dark side of web by Victoria Masterson Published: 00:05, Oct 10, 2001 Iomart, the communications company, has uncovered coded messages on the internet which might be linked to Osama bin Laden. The Glasgow firm was called in to help in the war on terrorism by the US authorities two days after the 11 September attacks. American intelligence officers are now using technology from the Scots company to try to unravel the terrorist's sophisticated communications network. [...] http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_419821.html [...] The system of encrypting text on the Internet is thought to be used by bin Laden and his associates as a means of communication, according to Iomart. In recent weeks, Iomart experts have unearthed hundreds of files, some of them containing Arabic text and dates which have been passed on to investigators. [...] And other recent stego-related articles: Time to dump IIS? Oct. 10, 2001 04:41 ET http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/08/011008opsecurity.xml MIKE WENDLAND: Web combed for clues to bin Laden terrorism network Oct. 9, 2001 05:00 ET http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend9_20011009.htm The proof they did not reveal Oct. 7, 2001 02:35 ET http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/07/stiusausa02012.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
