PGP key hidden in JE NYPost pictures?

Vindicator 2019-09-05T15:08:28

Giving this our "Possible Disinfo" flair based on comments.

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sig94 2019-09-05T13:00:31

From the example given in the Twitter link , this is data written into an image file from a steganography (secret writing) software program known as Outguess. Look here under Method 3 to see the steg receive: seed: format..

I received this kind of training for BMP and JPG files almost 20 years ago. Of course the technology has changed significantly since then but I am retired and no longer maintain my training. BMP files were the easiest to decode as the three lesser bits of an 8 bit BMP file are manipulated to write the hidden file data. This cases a very slight degradation of the image file when viewed but it is pretty much indiscernible to the naked eye. Steganography detection software analyzes any image file manipulation to determine if that file contains hidden text or other images.

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skrrata 2019-09-05T13:16:32

We know what steganography is.

What we don't know is if he really got the image from nypost or not because where is the proof of that?

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mathemagician33 2019-09-06T17:30:40

I suspect that he did something like this. If you search google (or a proxy for it like ixquick.com) with the query "site:nypost.com thenypost.files.wordpress.com" you will find links to many pages which themselves contain links to images that were posted on the wordpress domain. I suspect he used (or wrote) a scraping tool (or maybe refined the search query) to extract images having urls matching "Jeffrey-Epstein-*" or whatever wildcard string he mentioned. I don't know why he wouldn't just post the direct links, though it may have been done with the intention of not 'setting off alarms' at the nypost.

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skrrata 2019-09-06T18:33:45

The picture has been found, read the edit

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letsdothis3 2019-09-05T10:12:56

I had a look. Think it's much ado about nothing.

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skrrata 2019-09-05T18:32:12

Check the edit, I was able to find the image and there is something there

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heygeorge 2019-09-05T08:58:07

big problems with his claim:

He didn't post the link to the nypost images, instead he uploaded them on mega.

Yeah, this is a serious issue which immediately triggered my sniff test. Was he unable to archive the images in question?

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NowThatsInteresting 2019-09-05T06:34:05

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. This guy Luke understands definitely what he’s talking about and seems honest for asking for help since he’s stuck. He cannot link it back to the CMS site of NYP as it redirects to the main site as demonstrated.

He’s also using parrot sec (Linux distro) which has all the tools he might need to do the investigation. For now I believe him. Until I get a chance to look at the files he downloaded to mega.

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letsdothis3 2019-09-05T10:13:31

A secret key that's called secret key?

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skrrata 2019-09-05T09:14:47

Well... I work in infosec and I think this guy doesn't understand what he's talking about lol.

I mean, somehow he is. But some of his tweet make no sense. Like the one where he compares Ghislaine pic to Cicada makes 0 sense. It seems to be just there to grab attention and likes, and again, I haven't found these pictures yet... If he was really good at infosec, the first thing he would have done is archive the original images