News Bites: From the Kryptos Sculpture’s Secret to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Lawsuit · Stephen Hupp and William Matthew London
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Kryptos Sculpture Solution Sells for Nearly $1 Million. On November 20, 2025, the full solution to the code hidden in the Kryptos sculpture sold for $962,500. For decades, the sculpture has spurred intrigue related to cryptography, the practices of writing and solving secret codes. Dedicated in 1990 at the CIA headquarters in Virginia, three of four coded messages have since been deciphered; however, the solution for the fourth message has eluded amateur and professional cryptographers alike. At eighty, sculptor Jim Sanborn decided it was time for someone else to learn the secret, and an anonymous bidder paid a hefty sum for the privilege. (For more, read “Anonymous Bidder Pays Nearly $1 Million for Secret to Decode C.I.A. …
摘自《怀疑探索者》(Skeptical Inquirer)第50卷 第2期 · 约 2026年2月,Stephen Hupp and William Matthew London。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。