Stenography, from the Greek word steganos – to conceal – is a technique for hiding data in pre-existing media, usually image files.
#OUTGUESS CICADA FREE#
This was a clue to use OutGuess, a free steganographic software.
#OUTGUESS CICADA HOW TO#
Looks like you can’t guess how to get the message out.
#OUTGUESS CICADA CRACKED#
They cracked the code, and the random string of characters was transformed into a URL which led to another image – now known as the “Dead-End Duck.” It’s an image of a brown feathered yellow headed duck, with the text: They soon find out that this is a Caesar Cipher, a well-known letter substitution encryption technique.
So they opened the file in a text editing software, and a readable text appeared: TIBERIVS CLAVDIVS CAESAR says followed by a string of seemingly random characters. He and several other internet sleuths dig around, and discovered that hiding clues and messages in an image’s data file is a common encryption practice. Having nothing better to do and feeling as adventurous as only a homeschooled teenager could be, Wanner decides to take a gander. We look forward to meeting the few who will make it all the way through. Find it and it will lead you on the road to finding us. We are looking for highly intelligent individuals. The citizens for 4Chan were trying to determine whether the following message, posted as an image of white text on a black background, is for real: Wanner wound up on 4Chan, the internet’s cesspool – and it is there that he stumbled upon a message board with a lively discussion. His main activities are Church, piano lessons, the boy scouts and the family computer which is located in the living room, under his parents’ watchful eyes.īut try as they may, they can’t really monitor his computer activities: his parents’ technical skills are no match for Macus’s curiosity. Marcus is homeschooled, and so has very few real friends. He’s bored: his parents are devout Catholics, and are trying their best to keep their son away from any trouble. 15 year old computer wiz Marcus Wanner from Copper Hill, Virginia, is browsing the internet for something to do. Yet the question remains: who or what are Cicada 3301? A Test The author of that mysterious post never made good on their promise, and did not provide the “important evidence” they said they would. I realize this is a strong statement, but I will provide important evidence to support these claims…” In fact, I think it is like a left-hand path religion disguised as a progressive scientific organization. While I agree with many of the goals, their ways are nefarious. “I was part of what you call 3301/Cicada for more than a decade, and I’m here to warn you: stay away.
And then, a message appears…but it’s not the message they were expecting. They know it’s coming – or at least they think they know it’s coming – because a similar puzzle was waiting for them at the same 4Chan board exactly one year ago, on January 5th 2012. Around the world, hundreds – maybe thousands of 4Chan users are sitting in front of their computers, waiting for a puzzle.
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