Porn used to hide jihadist messages

I.S. militants released a video showing 21 Christans held as hostages before they were executed on a beach in Libya. /Screen capture from YouTube

• Published Mar 3, 2015 3:08 PM KST
• Updated Mar 3, 2015 3:08 PM KST

I.S. militants and al-Qaida jihadists have used pornographic images to send secret messages to followers through eBay, according to a new book.

“X-rated pornographic pictures conceal documents and orders for the next target,” the U.K. Telegraph quoted Gordon Thomas as saying in his new book on Mossad’s cybercrime unit. Mossad is Israel’s intelligence organization.

Gordon made the claim in “Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad.”