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A reproducible re-examination of Beale ciphers B1 and B3: systematically closing the composite-cipher hypotheses, with methodological cautions
Ming-Yu Hsieh, 2026. Cryptologia 50(5): 550-561.
A 2026 reproducible search that tests and rules out families of "composite" cipher constructions for ciphers 1 and 3, with cautions about over-reading statistical anomalies.
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The most recent cryptanalytic work; narrows what cipher 1 and 3 could be if genuine.
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Hsieh, M. Y. (2026). A reproducible re-examination of Beale ciphers B1 and B3: systematically closing the composite-cipher hypotheses, with methodological cautions. Cryptologia 50(5): 550-561. https://doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2026.2698071
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Hsieh, Ming-Yu. “A reproducible re-examination of Beale ciphers B1 and B3: systematically closing the composite-cipher hypotheses, with methodological cautions.” Cryptologia 50(5): 550-561 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2026.2698071.