Global Information Warfare, 2nd Edition

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encrypted document containing the acquired information to a digital dead drop.

e agents could then provide the handler or customer with the password to unload

the dead drop, but the steganographic extraction phrase will not be divulged until

payment is received or the agents are safely outside the target corporation. As a nal

note, even when a le is known or suspected to contain information protected with

steganographic software, it has been almost impossible to extract the information

unless the passphrase has been obtained.

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