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CICADA 3301 2014 IS BACK
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bambusar
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 CICADA 3301 2014 IS BACK
cryptic computer science oriented puzzle, inviting winners to secret community

CICADA 3301 2014 is back.

I cant explain things better than they are explained here:

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


IT STARTED ON OFFICAL CICADAS 3301 TWITTER:

https://twitter.com/1231507051321

With this image:



To decrypt stego in it use Outguess:
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/OutGuess


BASIC STUFF: it starter in 2012, repeated in 2013, and now we have 2014 edition.

CURRENTLY: IN PROGRESS!!!!


MORE INFO:

FAQ:

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ

Many NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT IT:

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/November_2013_media_exposure

WIKIPEDIA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301


OLD STUFF:
2012:

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/What_Happened_Part_1_%282013%29

2013:

UF thread: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1015448#1015448

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/What_Happened_Part_1_%282013%29


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Feel free to join IRC channels:
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http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=33012014

Secondary low noise channels:#Cicada3301 #cicadasolvers #3301linux #33012013 #CicadaWiki

PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:48 pm
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AtenSet
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It's funny how the nsa making schmuck agents follow this will probably lead to a boring bprd.

The chat is a bit unweildy for phone users.

http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140106081530/uncovering-cicada/images/9/93/1033.jpg

This picture may be interpreted as illustrating Enochian Tartarus and the devil's hell.

Be wary of going along with the crowd when one misinterpretation can lead down what I assume you are multiple false paths.. I would help if I could code; I'll just try and interpret the pictures.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:38 pm
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bambusar
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Just bumping a bit:

CICADA PROGRESS ARTICLE PART 2

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/ONION_2_with_3_JPGs,_3_outguesses,_RUNES_and_PGP_signed_CIPHERTEXT_IN_5_GRAMS


And two more fresh news articles:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25650311

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2014/01/03/cicada_3301_cryptography_and_the_quest_for_anonymity.html

PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:03 am
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bambusar
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Unifiction #cicadasolvers needs your help

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=cicadasolvers

More details in wikia, current things on page 5 (we know it is a bit messy but thats all we have)

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/MAIN_MENU_OF_PAGES_FOR_CICADA_2014


Shorter more clean and lean wikia is here:
http://the-cicada-puzzles.wikia.com/wiki/2014_Recruitment_Puzzle
Here is PDF diagram of progress so far:
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/Progress_overview


I will post few pictures and short walkthrough if anyone interested?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:51 pm
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AndryMcLeod
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bambusar wrote:
Unifiction #cicadasolvers needs your help

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=cicadasolvers

More details in wikia, current things on page 5 (we know it is a bit messy but thats all we have)

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/MAIN_MENU_OF_PAGES_FOR_CICADA_2014


Shorter more clean and lean wikia is here:
http://the-cicada-puzzles.wikia.com/wiki/2014_Recruitment_Puzzle
Here is PDF diagram of progress so far:
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/Progress_overview


I will post few pictures and short walkthrough if anyone interested?


I definitely am, and trying to see if I could fit in. Point is, wikia is unreadable. I thank the authors for the efforts but IMO that is pretty much impossible to use.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:14 am
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bambusar
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Try this two links:
http://the-cicada-puzzles.wikia.com/wiki/2014_Recruitment_Puzzle

https://infotomb.com/lzfac


Main wikia still includes too much noise, since we dont know if it might play role in future. Main wikia is mostly brainstorming collaborative document, that tries to look semi organized... Its hard to set up organized structure in advance when you dont know how puzzles will be structured.
Still it contains many tutorials and walkthrougs for people who arent too savvy in hex, linux, network stuff... If we remove that things from articles, IRC channel is full of people asking how to convert hex to binary.
And formatting is awful since 5 people tried to format articles their own way and articles have been later edited by other people... Documenting stuff at ARGs has always been problem.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:47 am
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bambusar
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I ll post main pages of Cicada Primus Libre book decoded and translated to latin. For original runes versions look at this article:
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/CICADA_3301_Liber_Primus_Sacred_BOOK

http://imgur.com/a/NmBWm

This feels like main message Cicada wanted to send to its numerous new followers (because of all media hype this year).
We dont know if game is over, last PGP signed message we got from ciada was written on Jam 10th. Last onion page is currently down, not responding for browsers or telnetting. Pinging linode server produces no response (all port filtered on linode, all port not listed but 80 on onion, 80 closed). But onion 4 has not been not removed from TOR network yet.













PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:37 am
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Hu--man
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bambusar wrote:
OMG TOO MUCH IMAGE QUOTE!
The top image is yet again a William Blake reference.

The only thing they did was rotate the painting and put two pieces of another painting to its left and right.

EDIT: I also figured out the image on the bottom...its an inverted image of God Creating the Universe by William Blake. Still can't get the 2 side ones though.



~~~~~ Removed the giant image quote and fixed your img tags. ~ Pixie

PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:44 am
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bambusar
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all this s already in wiki Smile

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/DEBATE_ABOUT_MEANING_OF_THE_PICTURE_ON_ONION

PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:59 pm
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Hu--man
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bambusar wrote:
all this s already in wiki Smile

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/DEBATE_ABOUT_MEANING_OF_THE_PICTURE_ON_ONION


Dang it! Feel like I'm always one step behind for these ARGs

PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:39 pm
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bambusar
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Hu--man, you dont have to quote me every time. Actually if you can, it would be better if you delete that long quote in your first post, its annoying to scroll through my post Embarassed , then we have to scroll through your one aswell Crying or Very sad

Anyways, we have progress Razz

Onion 4 came shotrly back yesterday, showing string in which we found 4 new Liber Primus Book pages.
String can be found here: https://infotomb.com/vnq3e (!long file, might crash your browser!)
String was actually gzip, so you have to decompress it with gzip first before you can pull jpgs out of string.

One of jpgs consist outugessed message with encrypted address to onion 5 TOR hidden service web page.

Text from 4 jpg book pages:
Code:
A Koan

A man decided to go and study with a master.
He went to the door of the master
"who are you who wishes to study here?"
asked the master.
The student told the master his name.
"That is not what you are that is only what you are called.
Who are you who wishes to study here?" he asked
again.
The man thought for a moment, and replied
"I am a professor."
"That is what you do, not what you are"
replied the master. "Who are
you who wishes to study here?"
Confused, the man thought some more.
Finally, he answered, "I am a human being."
"That is only your species, not who you are.
Who are you who wishes to study here?"
asked the master again.
After a moment of thought, the professor replied
"I am a consciousness inhabiting an arbitrary body."
"That is merely what you are not who you are"
who are you who wishes to study here?"
The man was getting irritated. "I am," he started,
but he could not think of anything else to say,
so he trailed off. After a long pause the master replied
"then you are welcome to come study."

An Instruction

Do four unreasonable things each day.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:18 pm
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bambusar
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Outguess message was only in one page, and it looked like this:

Code:
For those who have fallen behind:
TL BE IE OV UT HT RE ID TS EO ST PO SO YR
SL BT II IY T4 DG UQ IM NU 44 2I 15 33 9M
Good luck.
3301


It was quickly solved as transposition cipher:
Tool that was used: http://tholman.com/other/transposition/
When arranged in a rectangle with 7 columns for each letter, then decoding using the key 1736254 (where each number is the character position), we see the message as:
Quote:

To believe truth is to destroy possibility - http://q4utgdi2n4m4uim5 - 9133


http://q4utgdi2n4m4uim5


This was address to new onion.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:24 pm
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bambusar
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OK now to onion 5: http://q4utgdi2n4m4uim5.onion
Onion 5 was on for short period of time
It contained one 15MB long string of hex: https://infotomb.com/ooxyo (!long file, might crash your browser!)
String was PGP signed, one week ago with legit cicada 3301 key.

That was actually mp3 file. Song is less catchy than Instar emergence mp3 from 2013.
Here is link to mp3:
https://infotomb.com/his5u

Here is youtube link we made:



YouTube: Link



ID3 tags:
Code:
artist: 3301
song: Interconnectedness
title: Interconnectedness



More info:
http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/CICADA_3301_2014_PUZZLE_FACTS_PART_6
Concise wiki:
http://the-cicada-puzzles.wikia.com/wiki/2014_Recruitment_Puzzle
Diagram PDF:
https://infotomb.com/u5sjr

JOIN US ON IRC
Main chat (other chats are listed on wiki main page, but only #cicadasolvers is really used):
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=cicadasolvers


EDIT: catherwood, thank you for pointing up mistakes. http://q4utgdi2n4m4uim5.onion is correct onion 5 address!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:26 pm
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Hu--man
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bambusar wrote:


Text from 4 jpg book pages:
Code:
A Koan

A man decided to go and study with a master.
He went to the door of the master
"who are you who wishes to study here?"
asked the master.
The student told the master his name.
"That is not what you are that is only what you are called.
Who are you who wishes to study here?" he asked
again.
The man thought for a moment, and replied
"I am a professor."
"That is what you do, not what you are"
replied the master. "Who are
you who wishes to study here?"
Confused, the man thought some more.
Finally, he answered, "I am a human being."
"That is only your species, not who you are.
Who are you who wishes to study here?"
asked the master again.
After a moment of thought, the professor replied
"I am a consciousness inhabiting an arbitrary body."
"That is merely what you are not who you are"
who are you who wishes to study here?"
The man was getting irritated. "I am," he started,
but he could not think of anything else to say,
so he trailed off. After a long pause the master replied
"then you are welcome to come study."

An Instruction

Do four unreasonable things each day.


This looks like a Buddhist teaching
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan
Anyone here familiar with the religion?

EDIT: Sorry bambusar...I just figured out how.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:06 pm
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AndryMcLeod
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A new CICADA hit...
...

...could someone teach how to play guitar to these guys? Very Happy

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