Steganographic methods still in use

Russian Spies Thwarted By Old Technology?

New York Times reported that the Justice Department had arrested a Russian spy ring in the United States. What’s interesting is how these spies communicated with their contacts.  They uploaded images--into which they had embedded secret messages--to certain websites, where their contacts could download and decode them. If the Illegals had used a better method to communicate, they might have evaded detection. Is it possible that these spies were thwarted at least in part by their reliance on out-dated steganography programs? Read the whole IEEE Spectrum article...