This is one of the most fascinating pieces I’ve read at WIRED. It’s about a sculptural installation at CIA headquarters that’s become one of the hardest known cryptic codes to decipher and it’s driving some people mad. The sculpture, called Kryptos, was created by artist James Sanborn and many believe him to be the only person in the world with any clue to the answer of the entire code.
Kryptos is split into 4 difference sections (K1, K2, K3, and K4). Three of those 4 sections have been decoded but the last section, K4, seems to have the entire code-cracking community scratching their heads. The search for the answer has gotten so insane that some people have scrutinized every single word uttered by Sanborn in hopes that maybe he might slip the answer or that his words have some kind of connection to the answer.
The WIRED article goes quite in depth into how the code was cracked and how the first 3 sections are translated. If you’ve got some time, you might want to read about it. Does anybody know if you can go and see this sculpture? Or is it only reserved for people on the CIA campus?
