FC: U.K. firm finds hidden messages that "might" implicate bin Laden

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[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




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