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bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

CICADA 3301 recruiting round 2 2013

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

CICADA 3301 round 2 in 2013

OK down to business!

This image was posted on 4chan in multiple thread by we dont know who on 5th January. It consist image that when outguessed (stego tool) produce this http://pastebin.com/C5G2fNPR with legit PGP signature cicada used last year. So source IS CONFIRMED.

There was one similar thread one day earlier full with old images and few interesting links and leads, but in that thread there was NO LEGIT CICADAS PGP signature, so we dont have any idea who eas posting it and how legit things there was.

Here is the post that was on 4chan on 4th Jan .
http://chanarchive.org/4chan/b/65987/it-s-been-a-year-now-have-there-been-any-more-threads-like-this-since

Jan 4th 2013

Note: I have no proofs that any legit cicada people were in this thread. But there was alot of guys that made some miraculous discoveries and few people who were bumping the thread so it didnt die. There sure was some preparation and few coordinated people involved in that thread.

Also note that Cicada hinted that there will be more recruiting rounds in last message from last year. http://i.imgur.com/TpntC.jpg

This are things from last 4chan thread that looks like legit clues, I wasnt able to confirm any of them as being legit, yet! No PGP signed official message was given so far!

miracle no1:

CONTROVERSIAL PASTEBIN Shocked

(this document rised alot of dust) there are few differant theories what is the reason someone released it. It was writen with much care. Interpret it as you feel like. Cool

http://pastebin.com/dHJ6JNkr guy who found it was incredibly luck and he claimed he isnt author of it

People who read it usualy react in one of two ways:
1. wow this is cleverly structured organization fighting for basic human rights and freedom
2. wow this looks like cult of some sort

To me it looks like it was written to attract some people and to lead some people off. You can understand it as you wish, that is your right.

You get what you bring in!

miracle no2:

**Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:48 pm

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

If you fought through previous posts and you are still reading this you are probably interested in joining people who are solving the puzzle.

that are the people we seek for, since currently we are stuck on twitter account encrapted messageds, DATA folder and poem hidden in mp3 file.

You can find people solving it here:
chat http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#33012013

wiki:
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/Status
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/What_We_Know
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/Uncovering_Cicada_Wiki

**Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:05 pm

netsua98

I dont know seems intresting but cult or what? Hackers? Terrorist?

**Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:59 pm

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ndemeter

Hm, what's the twitter account doing? Are those fragments of the PGP key that are being posted?

**Posted:** Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:36 pm

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MrToasty

**Posted:** Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:29 pm

Greystone · Unfettered Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 373

This has all of the marking of "The Darkest Puzzle" from 2010/11
Packages came from Australia but drops were all over the world.
There is a definite agenda.

For those who don't know this particular ARG "The Darkest Puzzle" It was someones twisted take on 9/11 with an anti-semtic theory and NO real truth.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:30 pm

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

I apologize, not much time to explain.
Quite hard to organize community since people expect it is rerouting based on last years experiences and arent really prepared to put enough energy in community and making player base efficient. Most players when they solve part of the puzzle dont have any interest to provide clues and procedures for others who will came in game later. But i guess things will get better with time.

Check new developments here:
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/Twitter_is_jpg_theory#TOR_2_PAGE_IS_DOWN

We are still
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#33012013

And no it is not cult. At leatst i doesnt seem like it to me. Intention of that "religious" (http://pastebin.com/dHJ6JNkr) pastebin is to keep certain profile of people away from it. I think so at least. It certanly cause alto of people to say this is acult and disband it. Funny thing people who are in channel arent even remotely religious. Hackers community is better guess I think.
About "The Darkest Puzzle" from 2010/11 . I know nothing about it. I know about cicada 3301 in jan 2012 and cicada 3301 in jan 2013. Based on pastebins explaining a bit about nature and organization of Cicada 3301 i could suspect that they did many similar rerouting ARGs. Maybe worth checking if there is any connection.

Image made from tweeter feeds by xoring it with DATA files from dropbox link. There is hidden Outguess message in it. More in wiki. ^

http://imgur.com/c23zn

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

I will post few links to youtube videos that might motivate you to loog deeper into cryptography, PGP, RSA, TOR...

Apparently they believe in absolute freedom. Individual and the information. I can connect to that thought.

FEW LECTURES FROM C3 (hackers convention in Germany, similar to DEFCON)

Jacob Appelbaum 29C3 Keynote: Not My Department
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNsePZj_Yks

Cory Doctorow: The coming war on general computation [28C3]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYqkU1y0AYc

29C3 Panel: Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake, William Binney on whistleblowing and surveillance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDM3MqHln8U
^ shocking stories from converted Americans that decided not to work for the dark side anymore. Former attorney, spy plane pilot and nsa agent confessions.

FactHacks RSA security and prime factorization[29c3]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuSnY_O8DqQ

How governments have tried to block Tor [28C3]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwMr8Xl7JMQ

2 SHORTER VIDEOS

Keiser Report: Happy Hacking! (ft. Richard Stallman) (E344)
http://youtu.be/3o82P4V1vu0?t=12m34s <--Stallman nicely explaining why hackers arent bad, why anonymous arent evil and why ddosing sholdnt be illegal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkM6dj-qR4E&feature=edu&list=PLB4D701646DAF0817
Gambling with Secrets: Part 2/8 (Prime Factorization)
cryptography basics and why primes are so important

Second image we xored from DATA files and mp3 from dropbox CD

**Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:50 am

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

one more video

Growing State Surveillance: National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney (April 20, 2012)
http://youtu.be/zq3fgwV7doY?t=45m54s

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**Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:49 am

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

source CICADA OS splash screen.

**Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:22 pm

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

DIAGRAM WITH CURRENT PROGRESS
http://i.imgur.com/qR9by.png 1000px width
http://i.imgur.com/J4WRL.jpg 2000px width

**Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:42 pm

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

http://imgur.com/ggoOj DIAGRAM UPDATED

green rope knots are loose ends

**Posted:** Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:31 pm

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

We got additional clue on onion 2 (onion ver 2.2)

But it is basically telling us we are missing something.

So now we have two esoteric messages like this.

Along with old ones:

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:05 pm