[Cryptography] Cicada 3301: Into The Unknown

[Ray Dillinger]

On 01/22/2018 10:04 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Pr89bZo9M
> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cicada+3301
> https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301
> https://twitter.com/1231507051321
> 6D854CD7933322A601C3286D181F01E57A35090F
> 
> "Cicada 3301 is a name given to an organization that on six occasions
> has posted a set of puzzles and alternate reality games to possibly
> recruit codebreakers/linguists from the public."


Why did someone tweet a bootup instruction sequence in binary, and
what does Cicada 3301 have to do with it?

				Bear

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