# Zetter 2013: Documents Reveal How the NSA Cracked the Kryptos Sculpture Years Before the CIA

> Kim Zetter, 2013. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the NSA solution and its date.

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# Documents Reveal How the NSA Cracked the Kryptos Sculpture Years Before the CIA

Kim Zetter, 2013. _Wired, 10 July 2013_.

Describes NSA documents released under a FOIA request by Elonka Dunin showing that an NSA team had solved K1 to K3 by June 1993, after a 1992 challenge from CIA Deputy Director Bill Studeman.

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Source for the NSA solution and its date.

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[An NSA team led by Ken Miller has solved K1 to K3](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/events/EVT0D7HT4WC60X4/an-nsa-team-led-by-ken-miller-has-solved-k1-to-k3)

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[National Security Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/organisations/ORG0D7HT3X40A20/national-security-agency)

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## Cite it

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Zetter, K. (2013). Documents Reveal How the NSA Cracked the Kryptos Sculpture Years Before the CIA. Wired, 10 July 2013. https://www.wired.com/2013/07/nsa-cracked-kryptos-before-cia/
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