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Were the signed texts written by one person or several?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·Part of Who set the Cicada 3301 puzzles, and why?·3 answers·0·0 following
Three answers, none aheadNone is ahead yet. See what would settle it.

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Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible.

Why it matters

Cicada called itself an international group⁠[1]; the scale of the operation implies more than one person, but the writing could still be one voice. Stylometry of the signed corpus is a direct test, and has not been published.

Answers 3

None of these.
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: none yet
Still possible
The signed texts are the work of a single writer.
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: none yet
Still possible
The texts were written by several people.
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: 1 for
Still possible

History

  1. Hern puts forward: the signed texts are the work of a single writer.
  2. Hern puts forward: the texts were written by several people.
  3. Hern: hern concludes from the physical spread and resources that Cicada must be more than one person.For: The texts were written by several people.
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