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Geek Culture / The Ultimate Crypography Puzzle: Kryptos

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 4th May 2009 22:37
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So, you think you're good at decyphering codes, eh? Try this one on for size: Kryptos is a sculpture built outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and even the CIA's own cryptologists can't crack it. The sculpture, made by artist James Sanborn and encoded by retired CIA cryptologist Ed Scheidt, has been driving agents insane for nearly two decades now. I saw this on Wired today and thought it was definitely worthy of sharing with you folks .



The first three sections (K1, K2, and K3) have all been solved already, and it took seven years for the agency to solve them. K4, the final segment of 97 characters, remains a mystery. Here's some info regarding the puzzle (page 3 of a 4-page article about Kryptos).

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Roxas
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Posted: 4th May 2009 22:52 Edited at: 4th May 2009 22:55
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I know the answer


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Neuro Fuzzy
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im going to go out on a limb here, and ask for a high five from a fellow reader of wired magazine?
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Omega gamer 89
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I saw this on Yahoo, thought it was pretty neat. How much you wanna bet the last section really is nothing but gibbersih? Y'know, just to punk the CIA guys.

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tha_rami
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People, people, Dan Brown cracked the code and is now writing a bestseller about it now. Also, the Kryptos statue has Swine Flu. Mosey along now, its cracked.


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