CIA's 'Kryptos' sculpture, unsolved for 35 years, is up for sale (opens in new tab)

(washingtonpost.com)

24 pointsjoahua7mo ago10 comments

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    The secret of CIA’s ‘Kryptos’ sculpture, unsolved for 35 years,
    is up for sale.

    The final 97 characters of the encrypted sculpture at CIA headquarters
    have obsessed code breakers for decades. 

    Artist Jim Sanborn will auction off the solution on his 80th birthday.

0points7mo ago

That's the paywalled SYNOPSIS.

The article is behind paywall, see parent's link.

Sniffnoy7mo ago

Looks like the title transformer changed this one to a false statement.

sllabres7mo ago

Yes. The code (of the last unsolved part) will be auctioned off, not the sculpture itself

t0lo7mo ago

I wish this wasn't the case so much, but I understand why. I just wish it was transferred more reliably to another custodian- even though a charity auction isn't the worst way.

ChrisArchitect7mo ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907366

jmclnx7mo ago

Bit of info, non-paywalled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos

Dilettante_7mo ago

Somebody call Martin Shkreli!

bananapub7mo ago

please fix the title - the solution is for sale, the sculpture is not

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