FBI Issues Code Cracking Challenge

coondoggie writes to tell us that the FBI has issued another cracking challenge for a new cipher on their site. Tens of thousands responded to a similar challenge last year. In addition to the challenge, the FBI is also offering a few primers on the subject. There are a number of sites offering cipher challenges, but it's funny to see the FBI encouraging such behavior.

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[Hadlock]

Love the article:
 
 

coondoggie writes to tell us that the FBI has issued another cracking challenge for a new cipher on their site. Tens of thousands responded to a similar challenge last year. In addition to the challenge the FBI is also offering a few primers on the subject. There are a number of sites offering cipher challenges, just funny to see the FBI encouraging...NO CARRIER

Hillarious.

Oh, the fun and prizes!

[Anonymous Coward]

The winner receives an all expense 1 way trip to the tropical island of Cuba!

Re:Oh, the fun and prizes!

[morgan_greywolf]

"You'll love our fun-filled resort on beautiful Guantanamo Bay!"

Meh. The resort is okay, but I hear the service is torture!

This will really piss of the Chinese

[Alain Williams]

or whichever foreign government owns the code that the FBI has just recruited the bright kids on the Internet to crack :-)

FBI's "Add yourself to suspect database contest

[Jason Quinn]

Dear citizens: Please inform us if you have the talents necessary to be suspects in criminal cyber-cracking cases. That is all. Love, The FBI

Re:Fill in the blank

[morgan_greywolf]

Well, actually, I think it's supposed to be

I cracked it...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Be sure to drink your ovaltine"

What the hell does that mean?