Friday, December 25, 2009

Can you crack a code?

The FBI has challenged you before—in November 2007, December 2008, and May 2009—to unravel a code and reveal its secret message like the “cryptanalysts” in the FBI Laboratory.

In their latest quiz, they've switched gears a bit, using pictogram symbols based on Native American motifs. And with more than 50 words to decipher, it's their longest one so far.

For the first time, they're also posting the answer in case you are stumped.

Once again: if you want a primer on basic cipher systems and how to break them, see the article "Analysis of Criminal Codes and Ciphers."

Good luck!

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another easy one. If you know you're common letters in the language you should be able to solve this one in under 10 minutes.