Published on August 15th, 2019 📆 | 1792 Views ⚑
0Video series about the weird mystery of Cicada 3301 / Boing Boing
I got a sneak peek at the first episode of a new Great Big Story series called "Cracking the Code of Cicada 3301." It doesn't answer the question of who is behind the puzzle world of Cicada 3301 or why it was created, but that's because no one knows. Instead it focuses on a few people who have spent a good part of their young lives solving the maddeningly difficult puzzles posted by Cicada 3301. It's worth watching.
In 2012, a secretive group calling itself 3301 began recruiting for âhighly intelligent individualsâ online. Candidates had to prove their skills in codebreaking, cryptography and computer programming by solving a complex puzzle dubbed Cicada. It required knowledge of steganography, contacts on the ground everywhere from Seoul to Sydney, and the ability to obtain a copy of William Gibsonâs famous disappearing poem âAgrippa.â What was the purpose of the puzzle? No one knows, but many set out to solve one of the internetâs greatest mysteries. At the age of 15, Marcus Wanner became one of the few to crack the code. But the Cicada challenge didnât end there. Suddenly, more mysterious codes appearedâincluding a 58-page book of runes known as the âLiber Primus.â
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