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

22 joahua 9 8/17/2025, 4:19:47 AM washingtonpost.com ↗

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WarOnPrivacy · 8h ago
WarOnPrivacy · 8h ago

    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 · 6h ago
That's the paywalled SYNOPSIS.

The article is behind paywall, see parent's link.

Sniffnoy · 8h ago
Looks like the title transformer changed this one to a false statement.
sllabres · 7h ago
Yes. The code (of the last unsolved part) will be auctioned off, not the sculpture itself
t0lo · 8h ago
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.
Dilettante_ · 5h ago
Somebody call Martin Shkreli!
jmclnx · 47m ago
Bit of info, non-paywalled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos
bananapub · 6h ago
please fix the title - the solution is for sale, the sculpture is not