Friday, February 17, 2006

Psycho Crypto, Qu'est-ce que c'est?

I'm not sure what it is about disturbed minds and secret codes, but here are two instances of unsolved cryptograms created by some rather unhunged individuals.


zodiac
First up is the infamous serial killer of the late 60s /early 70s, The Zodiac Killer. He terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area for five years, taunting police with bizarre letters and postcards, often in cryptograms, some of which are still unsolved. Zodiac claimed in his letters to have killed 37 people, though police could only connect him to seven deaths. He remains uncaught. Full details of the victims, suspects and the codes are at zodiackiller.com.



crypto
The other story starts out with an email that Bruce Schneier received. Bruce is an internationally renowned security technologist, author and an expert on cryptography. Because of the contents of the email, he is looking for a few good codebreakers who can decipher a message left behind at a murder scene. (via The Presurfer)


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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I found some possible Zodiac cryptography.
Please take a look & offer your opinion:
http://www.myspace.com/zodiackiller96817