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Cicada 3301 is a nickname given to an organization that, on three occasions, has posted a set of puzzles to recruit codebreakers from the public. The first internet puzzle started on January 4, 2012, on 4chan and ran for nearly a month. A second round began one year later on January 4, 2013, and then a third round following the confirmation of a fresh clue posted on Twitter on January 4, 2014. The third puzzle has yet to be solved. The stated intent was to recruit "intelligent individuals" by presenting a series of puzzles which were to be solved. No new puzzles were published on January 4, 2015. However, a new clue was posted on Twitter on January 5, 2016. In April 2017, a verified PGP-signed message was found. It explicitly denies the validity of any unsigned puzzle. A verified puzzle has not been posted since.
You can watch this great overview by Lemino and nox populi's video
this repository contains all the important pages from the uncovering cicada wiki including all the images, videos and external links.
I re-orgenized them into a ready-to-print form and saved additional images, programs and more - sorted by years.
2012 puzzle [assets]
2013 puzzle [assets]
2014 puzzle [assets]
2015 puzzle [assets]
2016 puzzle [assets]
2017 puzzle [assets]
All the original images and files can be found in assets/
All old sites and media coverags can be found in archive/
The credit for the articles, images, code and more are to the cicada solvers community from over the years and to the 3301 organization.
Uncovering Cicada Wiki
Cicada Solvers Discord Server
#cicadasolvers on IRC