DominicJohnston
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1 year ago At those locations were found some picture with a cicada and a QR code on it such as sppR9.jpg and XdNGo.jpg The link brought to a cicada with "Everywhere" written below.
Here are examples of outguessed said pictures, depending the location:
`-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
In twenty-nine volumes, knowledge was once contained. How many lines of the code remained when the Mabinogion paused? Go that far in from the beginning and find my first name.
1:29 6:46 the product of the first two primes 2:37 14:41 17:3 27:40 the first prime 2:33 1:1 7:45 17:29 21:31 12:17 the product of the first two primes 22:42 15:18 24:33 27:46 12:29 25:66 7:47
You've shared too much to this point. We want the best,
not the followers. Thus, the first few there will receive
the prize.
Good luck.
3301 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)
iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPB1luAAoJEBgfAeV6NQkP9oAP+gLu+FsRDf3aRcJtBkCOU2MX r/dagOTvCKWtuV+fedy0enWUZ+CbUjXOr98m9eq2z4iEGqKd3/MBXa+DM9f6YGUE jPum4wHtQDSJlZMazuYqJOVZGw5XmF25+9mRM6fe3H9RCiNDZpuXl3MzwdivYhcG B5hW14PcdHHteQf3eAUz+p+s06RDs+q1sNGa/rMQIx9QRe71EJwLMMkMfs81kfJC tCt21+8ud0Xup4tjUBwul7QCcH9bqKG7cnR1XWsDgdFP6a4x9Jl2/IUvp1cfeT7B YLS9W3lCM8thMemJr+ztQPZrpDlaLIitAT2L0B3f/k4co89v5X2I/toY8Z3Cdvoi hk0AdWzMy/XLDgkPnpEef/aFmnls53mqqe9xKAUQPMrI73hiJ+5UZWuJdzCpvt+F BjfQk15EJoUUW16K2+mBA1cSd+HJlnkslUTsjkq0E36XKChP+Cvbu/p6DLUMM2Xl +n3iospCkkHR9QDcHzE4Rxg9A435yHqqJ/sL2MXG/CY8X4ec6U0/+UCIF9spuv8Y 7w66D05pI2u9M/081L7Br0i0Mpdf9fDblO/6GksskccaPkMQ3MRtsL+p9o6Dnbir 6Z2wH2Kw1Bf0Gfx4VcpHBikoWJ5blCc6tfvT+qXjVOZjWAL7DvReavSEmW1/fubN C3RWcjeI4QET2oKmV2NK =LWeJ
Signed on 2012.01.06. 21:28 by Cicada 3301 (845145127) (Key ID: 0x7A35090F). The signature is valid and the certificate's validity is fully trusted.`
or
`-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
A poem of fading death, named for a king Meant to be read only once and vanish Alas, it could not remain unseen.
1:5 152:24 the product of the first two primes 14:13 7:36 12:10 7:16 24:3 271:22 10:7 13:28 12:7 86:17 93:14 the product of the first two primes 16:7 96:4 19:13 47:2 71:22 75:9 77:4
You've shared too much to this point. We want the best,
not the followers. Thus, the first few there will receive
the prize.
Good luck.
3301 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)
iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPB/nmAAoJEBgfAeV6NQkPEnEQAKl5qtb3ZE5vs+c08KuzAi4a tQEE71fvb65KQcX+PP5nHKGoLd0sQrZJw1c4VpMEgg9V27LSFQQ+3jSSyan7aIIg SDqhmuAcliKwf5ELvHM3TQdyNb/OnL3R6UvavhfqdQwBXCDC9F0lwrPBu52MJqkA ns93Q3zxec7kTrwKE6Gs3TDzjlu39YklwqzYcUSEusVzD07OVzhIEimsOVY+mW/C X87vgXSlkQ69uN1XAZYp2ps8zl4LxoaBl5aVtIOA+T8ap439tTBToov19nOerusB 6VHS192m5NotfQLnuVT4EITfloTWYD6X7RfqspGt1ftb1q6Ub8Wt6qCIo6eqb9xm q2uVzbRWu05b0izAXkHuqkHWV3vwuSfK7cZQryYA7pUnakhlpCHo3sjIkh1FPfDc xRjWfnou7TevkmDqkfSxwHwP5IKo3r5KB87c7i0/tOPuQTqWRwCwcWOWMNOS7ivY KQkoEYNmqD2Yz3Esymjt46M3rAuazxk/gGYUmgHImgcu1zzK7Aq/IozXI7EFdNdu 3EoRJ/UL9Y0l0/PJOG5urdeeTyE0b8bwgfC2Nk/c8ebaTkFbOnzXdAvKHB03KEeU PtM6d6DngL/LnUPFhmSW7K0REMKv62h9KyP/sw5QHTNh7Pz+C63OO3BsFw+ZBdXL hGqP6XptyZBsKvz2TLoX =aXFt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Signed on 2012.01.07. 08:53 by Cicada 3301 (845145127) (Key ID: 0x7A35090F). The signature is valid and the certificate's validity is fully trusted.`
The poem that it refers to is "Agrippa" by William Gibson
By applying the book code, it ended up in returning a tor location: sq6wmgv2zcsrix6t.onion
Instructions to send an email were at this location:
`
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Congratulations! Please create a new email address with a public, free, web-based service. Once you've never used before, and enter it below. We recommend you do this while still using Tor, for anonymity. We will email you a number in the next few days (in the order in which you've arrived to this page). Once you've received it, come back to this site and append a slash and then the number you received to this url. (For example, if you received "3894894230934209", then you would go to "http://sq6wmgv2zcsrix6t.onion/3894894230934209") 3301 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPCikYAAoJEBgfAeV6NQkPtCkQAIEa2HC20SduG8zWtH/0LSJ9 dnQLfjTI/MAPsnp0KXpzcQJ4p2UbNdRb5qtqp3HZQ5qwKK3b/MT+2eB5X+h5q5v/ bVOsPKXN7W+krTi8a2v5KA1fRj8mKcFTXkx9hdq6z6qeePVpeOGXeitU0jgO4uXu 1N9hor4AQFQoXvuELnlqS4YX+/nNgK+Y1Vu1ekvyn9LusidMpSxS/ciiZLD5d3Tl TJeUOQzdw9TlUmmdeigfBRoqZDnm5UESnS8qS1vd7zg9Ulpw2GfCV8QQl0zWp0lS KCrArG0Qg4K4shZRQ2BopGM95oFVw2pOnzYr9pp8kpipBWQ6URRF7IEcuG1k5fBt sfiz7Eb7WWr4Cwk/1Ri625FMyo0Z2KDc1Wo8nkFXZ0/Xle6tyyhhJUZGRbZuHLau LR5+oQEKKYTRrJFNhqswcXYsCQBBYM2XS+v3nbmTDVKyGNmMpp3/yC/RR91hQ7fr FqMd5qHKSD0pc5tU5G29J+Ez3CDVN7E60Xy3I1I5ugGE8GP5DmqHn4k/x272lroX BtiIRTh4f+ghcC6DLdPBclPRAfLtRbpVR3GVTSCJ/EwBZrH4QJTEGcuXfPQryHbF 0BO795yyXxM6lQ9QnU4dkAAQepKLHgcvDlrEJYJzMWo+BOCu7MChoOyo1Zq4eeuI cPx04KJd4sGtMVWolA3/ =zGQW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----` _Several days passed with no word, until people started reporting email arriving. All reported it only once, before dropping out of the collective solving all together._
If we pay attention to the first picture dimension, 509 and 503 which are both primes. Multiplied by 3301 we've got 5095033301=845145127
=>845145127.com
It is inactivated since then.
There was on it a picture of cicada, the Tosena splendida Following message was there:
`-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
You have done well to come this far.
Patience is a virtue.
Check back at 17:00 on Monday, 9 January 2012 UTC.
3301 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)
iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPCKDUAAoJEBgfAeV6NQkPf9kP/19tbTFEy+ol/vaSJ97A549+ E713DyFAuxJMh2AY2y5ksiqDRJdACBdvVNJqlaKHKTfihiYW75VHb+RuAbMhM2nN C78eh+xd6c4UCwpQ9vSU4i1Jzn6+T74pMKkhyssaHhQWfPs8K7eKQxOJzSjpDFCS FG7oHx6doPEk/xgLaJRCt/IJjNCZ9l2kYinmOm7c0QdRqJ+VbV7Px41tP1dITQIH /+JnETExUzWbE9fMf/eJl/zACF+gYii7d9ZdU8RHGi14jA2pRjc7SQArwqJOIyKQ IFrW7zuicCYYT/GDmVSyILM03VXkNyAMBhG90edm17sxliyS0pA06MeOCjhDGUIw QzBwsSZQJUsMJcXEUOpHPWrduP/zN5qHp/uUNNGj3vxLrnB+wcjhF8ZOiDF6zk7+ ZVkdjk8dAYQr62EsEpfxMT2dv5bJ0YBaQGZHyjTEYnkiukZiDfExQZM2/uqhYOj3 yK0J+kJNt7QvZQM2enMV7jbaLTfU3VZGqJ6TSPqsfeiuGyxtlGLgJvd6kmiZkBB8 Jj0Rgx/h9Tc4m9xnVQanaPqbGQN4vZF3kOp/jAN5YjsRfCDb7iGvuEcFh4oRgpaB 3D2/+Qo9i3+CdAq1LMeM4WgCcYj2K5mtL0QhpNoeJ/s0KzwnXA+mxBKoZ0S8dUX/ ZXCkbOLoMWCUfqBn8QkQ =zn1y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Signed on 2012.01.07. 20:45 by Cicada 3301 (845145127) (Key ID: 0x7A35090F). The signature is valid and the certificate's validity is fully trusted.`
At this date, a new Cicada picture appeared with the following message below it:
Find our symbol at the location nearest you: 52.216802, 21.018334 48.85057059876962, 2.406892329454422 48.85030144151387, 2.407538741827011 47.664196, -122.313301 47.637520, -122.346277 47.622993, -122.312576 37.577070, 126.813122 37.5196666666667, 126.995 36.0665472222222, -94.1726416666667 33.966808, -117.650488 29.909098706850486 -89.99312818050384 25.684702, -80.441289 21.584069, -158.104211 -33.90281, 151.18421Outguessed, the same results were returned.
`$ outguess -r cicada.jpg cicada.jpg.out && cat cicada.jpg.out Reading cicada.jpg.... Extracting usable bits: 19544 bits Steg retrieve: seed: 121, len: 1221 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
52.216802, 21.018334
48.85057059876962, 2.406892329454422 48.85030144151387,2.407538741827011
47.664196, -122.313301 47.637520, -122.346277 47.622993, -122.312576 37.5196666666667, 126.995 33.966808, -117.650488 29.909098706850486 -89.99312818050384 25.684702, -80.441289 21.584069, -158.104211
iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPChn7AAoJEBgfAeV6NQkPZxMP/05D9TkSpwRaBXPqYthuyqxx uo+ZDyr/yVIlAdurTBiWb3aGxKJjtWg/vlcHcatK0TGL2qaHwB/FFZQAaqOyU7Zf DXdpWr8PWoWhpWNYUK8IrOaYu1SmWlJnkTdUSzGrX0lbwjwMmJJoPNS7CJuO6MaA 2GIwpv2G7lYqnH3xeX3kzGlPMsVb/wucKRjobsbdbreh1SNuQuRnhfe4s+oHTTqs XjtGL/VhBI0DUAdfLqW7z4C+Gvbx6okC8x5Sj2N2UTJOiyMYXz5+QyHoA6fo9g5V 6zodNpx/RvxuZP2Ssc9TqERgTo5FjRBpON1vjDalHgg0H2Fus2LK3gh+NZfj1i5b Oqa4Cqd9epI2pe+glXn86j9crS+2BEAr1cguqAFepvI9sdFEornDja4VXwDtUdM8 9hMVkU5NiTUYfvxZbL6W7rHIF7wxjGUwpe1ViuixG+cKNfv0enrt60PrtDByBOWI 9LLIUE0cB5HDT1xrczZ/55CtuM3Zf07/l0nLFdmgR0oa8KUA9gWcPs6S1EpBa185 VcyOTqbpIPiT8neiJEkXarbJeFk15m1P73Fr8XZxdj7EHK0aOwGYcc8e4PmW/dSh gcrSNXiePCbcRVRD2n9L47C0LkNyRpoBkmjvtpcRyp5ISe+0xcx/QI+gc1lkSijC 89qV+ymCHae1RiSDxVbd =ZJ37 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
$ gpg --verify cicada.jpg.out gpg: Signature made 2012. jan. 8., vasárnap, 23.34.35 CET using RSA key ID 7A35090F gpg: Good signature from "Cicada 3301 (845145127)"`
All of those were indeed GPS coordinates:
52.216802, 21.018334 --- Oleandrów 6, 01-001 Warsaw, Poland FOUND 48.85057059876962, 2.406892329454422 --- 89-91 Rue de la Plaine, 75020 Paris, France FOUND 48.85030144151387, 2.407538741827011 --- 36 Rue des Maraîchers, 75020 Paris, France 47.664196, -122.313301 --- 4739 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA 47.637520, -122.346277 --- 514 Crockett St, Seattle, WA 98109, USA * 47.622993, -122.312576 --- 428 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA * 37.577070, 126.813122 --- South Korea, Seoul, Gangseo-gu, Banghwa-dong, 830-8 * 37.5196666666667, 126.995 --- South Korea, Seoul, Yongsan-gu, Seobinggo-dong, 287-1 * 36.0665472222222, -94.1726416666667 --- 853-899 W Dickson St, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA FOUND 33.966808, -117.650488 --- 15717-15735 Euclid Ave, Chino, CA 91708, USA * 29.909098706850486, -89.99312818050384 --- State Highway 407, New Orleans, LA 70131, USA * 25.684702, -80.441289 --- 8718-8798 SW 152nd Ave, Miami, FL 33193, USA FOUND 21.584069, -158.104211 --- 66-420 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleiwa, HI 96712, USA * -33.90281, 151.18421 --- 143 George St, Erskineville NSW 2043, Australia FOUND