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Crack a Code to Get Hired by U.K. Spy Agency

Posted December 02, 2011 9:34 AM

From CNET News:

Looking for a job? Britain's Government Communications Headquarters launches an online code-cracking challenge to recruit candidates for posts dealing with cyberthreats.

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12/03/2011 2:38 AM

Crack the Beale Cipher, and you won't need a government job....

Kit Williams would have been good practice.

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12/03/2011 5:27 AM

Crack the Beale Cipher

<splarf !> It's a stonking good story, but there's more chance of digging up Oak Island

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12/03/2011 5:37 AM

Quite some lore on that one, too!

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12/03/2011 5:54 AM

It's an intriguing place, and a bit more substantive in facts than the Beale one. Another good one is Guatavita.

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