CIA's 'Kryptos' sculpture, unsolved for 35 years, is up for sale

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Post by joahua » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 4:19 AM UTC

CIA's 'Kryptos' sculpture, unsolved for 35 years, is up for sale
washingtonpost.com

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Post by OhioMan2943 » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 5:55 AM UTC

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.

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Post by WarOnPrivacy » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 5:57 AM UTC

https://archive.md/v2fvj

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Post by WarOnPrivacy » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 5:57 AM UTC

    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.

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Post by Sniffnoy » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 5:58 AM UTC

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

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Post by sllabres » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 6:32 AM UTC

Sniffnoy wrote: post #5

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

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

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Post by 0points » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 7:34 AM UTC

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #4

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.