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Typo Found in Kryptos CIA Sculpture

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-a-big-oops dept.

SimuAndy writes "Elonka Dunin, game developer at Simutronics and author/editor of the new book, 'The Mammoth Book of Secret Codes and Cryptograms', reports that what everyone had thought was the answer to part 2 of the CIA's encrypted Kryptos sculpture, wasn't. Sculptor Sanborn announced this week that everyone had gotten it wrong, because of a mistake on the art piece. For more info, check out the Wired story, or the Kryptos Group announcement."

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  1. Translation: Frist psot by JPriest · · Score: 5, Informative

    Above is ROT-13 (rotate 13 places) for the text Frist psot.

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  2. Re:How was this wrong? by TigerNut · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's wrong because the sculpture encodes four puzzles. The solutions to the first three parts are required to solve the fourth part.

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  3. Re:Location? by Kredal · · Score: 3, Informative

    That location is at CIA headquarters, about 150 yards south of the actual sculpture. So.. was that the original intended spot for the sculpture, and it was moved, or is there something hidden that close (in layer two?) that would help solve the next section?

    Only time will tell.

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  4. Re:Location? by gfolkert · · Score: 4, Informative

    The location 38.9518N, 77.1456W It is in the CIA Complex located in Northern Fairfax County Virginia. Right by the Langley Fork Park and Near the GW Park along the Potomac.

    Out in the CIA yard

    As if nobody can use Google anymore...

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