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Edward Snowden is behind cicada 3301. He shut it down in 2014 as a condition of his residency in Russia. Putin wants to rub the US nose in it, but doesn't particularly want a cyberpunk running around creating cryptic and stupefyingly difficult cyber treasure hunts to weed out the best of the best hackers. Since 2014 trolls and IT geniuses have released puzzles claiming to be cicada.
The groups motto was Privacy Security Liberty.
The people who solved the puzzle were asked to work on Operation CAKES (Cicada Anonymous Key Escrow System) which would automatically publish whistle blower information to the internet at a predetermined date, or if the whistle blower goes missing for a period. Kind of a digital 'If something happens to me then the contents of this envelope will be made public.'
I particularly like how he paid homage to sci-fi writer William Gibson in one of the cypher's.
Anyone reading this post has now set off the NSA red flag and you are going to be cyber stalked by your own digital PRIVATEi. Good luck and may god have mercy on your soul.
The groups motto was Privacy Security Liberty.
The people who solved the puzzle were asked to work on Operation CAKES (Cicada Anonymous Key Escrow System) which would automatically publish whistle blower information to the internet at a predetermined date, or if the whistle blower goes missing for a period. Kind of a digital 'If something happens to me then the contents of this envelope will be made public.'
I particularly like how he paid homage to sci-fi writer William Gibson in one of the cypher's.
Anyone reading this post has now set off the NSA red flag and you are going to be cyber stalked by your own digital PRIVATEi. Good luck and may god have mercy on your soul.
