Decode encoded terrorist messages for fun and games!

July 10, 2002

Militants wire Web with links to jihad

Lately, al-Qaeda operatives have been sending hundreds of encrypted messages that have been hidden in files on digital photographs on the auction site eBay.com. Most of the messages have been sent from Internet cafes in Pakistan and public libraries throughout the world.

Politech challenge: Decode Al Qaeda stego-communications!

Does anyone on the Politech list want to take a crack at locating one of these files with a hidden message? Extra credit is given if the hidden message can be decrypted!

I'd check images of certain muppets very closely for hidden stenographic messages...