cryptography
Conspiracy theories tagged "cryptography."
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Cicada 3301
In 2012, an anonymous group began posting cryptographic puzzles that spanned the globe. Over a decade later, Cicada 3301's identity and purpose remain unknown.
Francis Bacon as the True Author of Shakespeare
The Baconian theory holds that philosopher and polymath Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays, hiding authorship to avoid political repercussions -- with ciphers allegedly embedded in the First Folio.
Kryptos: The CIA's Unsolved Sculpture
A copper sculpture at CIA headquarters has contained an unsolved code since 1990. Three of its four sections have been cracked. The final 97 characters remain one of the world's greatest cryptographic mysteries.
NSA Backdoors in Encryption Standards (Dual EC DRBG)
How the NSA secretly weakened encryption standards and paid RSA Security $10 million to use a compromised random number generator. The confirmed story of Dual EC DRBG.
The Voynich Manuscript
Written in an unknown script with bizarre botanical illustrations, the Voynich Manuscript has defeated every codebreaker who's tried — including the team that cracked Japan's PURPLE cipher.