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

12 joahua 5 8/17/2025, 4:19:47 AM washingtonpost.com ↗

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WarOnPrivacy · 50m ago
t0lo · 52m 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.
WarOnPrivacy · 50m 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.
Sniffnoy · 49m ago
Looks like the title transformer changed this one to a false statement.
sllabres · 15m ago
Yes. The code (of the last unsolved part) will be auctioned off, not the sculpture itself