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The following quotes are from the National Science and Technology Council's Federal Plan for Cyber
Security and Information Assurance Research and Development, April 2006
"Immediate concerns also include the use of cyberspace for covert communications,
particularly by terrorists but also by foreign intelligence services; espionage
against sensitive but poorly defended data in government and industry systems; subversion
by insiders, including vendors and contractors; criminal activity, primarily involving
fraud and theft of financial or identity information, by hackers and organized crime
groups." (pages 9 - 10)
"International interest in R&D for steganography technologies and their commercialization
and application has exploded in recent years. These technologies pose a potential
threat to national security. Because steganography secretly embeds additional, and
nearly undetectable, information content in digital products, the potential for
covert dissemination of malicious software, mobile code, or information is great."
(pages 41 - 42)
"The threat posed by steganography has been documented in numerous intelligence
reports." (page 42)