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

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

22 points by joahua 3 days ago | 10 comments

▲ WarOnPrivacy 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

▲ WarOnPrivacy 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

    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.

	▲	0points 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		That's the paywalled SYNOPSIS. The article is behind paywall, see parent's link.

▲ ChrisArchitect 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

▲ Sniffnoy 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

	▲	sllabres 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes. The code (of the last unsolved part) will be auctioned off, not the sculpture itself

▲ t0lo 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

▲ jmclnx 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

▲ Dilettante_ 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Somebody call Martin Shkreli!

▲ bananapub 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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