Answer · Cicada 3301
A recruitment exercise by an intelligence or security agency.
A recruitment exercise by an intelligence or security agency.
Where it stands
DisputedNone pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Finishers were later approached by or worked for an agency.
- The puzzles test skills specific to signals intelligence or cryptanalysis.
What would rule it out
- Finishers' accounts with no agency contact; or a setter identified outside government.
Evidence none for · 2 against
AGAINST
The questions it answers
Most likelyA private international group of privacy and anti-censorship technologists, recruiting like-minded people for…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). A recruitment exercise by an intelligence or security agency. [Answer ANS0D7R7118595J]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D7R7118595J
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title = {A recruitment exercise by an intelligence or security agency.},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D7R7118595J},
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