Info to decipher secret message in Kryptos sculpture at CIA headquarters sells for close to $1M

The information needed to decipher a secret message in a sculpture at CIA headquarters has sold at auction for nearly $1 ...

Solution goes on auction for CIA HQ's 'Kryptos' sculpture that has stumped code breakers for decades

When Jim Sanborn was commissioned to create a sculpture at CIA headquarters, he wanted to do something that spoke to its ...

Long-sought solution to ‘Kryptos’ sculpture sells for almost $1 million

The sale is an unexpected success for artist Jim Sanborn, who feared it might not happen after researchers discovered the ...
The Virginian-Pilot

A CIA secret with a fanatical following is found in a Smithsonian vault

Sculptor Jim Sanborn opened his email account one day last month expecting the usual messages from people claiming to have solved his famous, decades-old puzzle. Sanborn’s best known artwork, Kryptos, ...
Seattle Times

A CIA secret kept for 35 years is found in the Smithsonian’s vault

The sculptor Jim Sanborn opened his email account one day last month expecting the usual messages from people claiming to have solved his famous, decades-old puzzle. Sanborn’s best known artwork, ...

Man Who Threatened CIA Director Stopped At McLean HQ

CIA police recently prevented a man armed with a box cutter from entering the agency's headquarters in McLean.
Scientific American

How the World’s Most Famous Code Was Cracked

The 35-year-old saga of Kryptos, an enigmatic sculpture containing four encrypted messages outside the CIA headquarters, just took a bizarre twist. Though cryptographers broke the first three passages ...