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Glass
12th September 2013, 12:11 AM
UK Spy outfit is running a competition to get a job at GCHQ as a spy. To become a traitor to your people doesn't pay very well apparently. Only $40 - $60K in UK Pounds. So thats about $60 - $90K in US Fiats. meh, its probably not too bad for starters.


Ultimate brain-teaser: crack this code and become a cybersleuth
http://images.theage.com.au/2013/09/12/4741064/art-puzzle-620x349.jpg

Can you solve the puzzle contained in the image above?
British citizens able to crack the code could begin a new career as a cybersleuth, helping to combat international terrorism.
One of Britain's top intelligence agencies has launched a cryptic online treasure hunt to recruit the next generation of electronic spies.
The riddle, entitled "Can You Find It?", was posted online (https://canyoufindit.co.uk/)by the government's top-secret eavesdropping service, The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).


The brain-teaser consists of a grid of 29 blocks of five letters, which candidates have to decipher to provide five answers.
Those answers then lead the applicant to an online "treasure hunt", which hopefuls have six weeks to crack.
Those smart enough to solve the riddle will be in line for a number of new jobs at the Cheltenham-based agency, which famously cracked Hitler's Enigma code during World War II.
A similar cryptic recruitment campaign was carried out last year (http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/solve-the-online-code-become-a-reallife-spy-20111201-1o9tg.html), and was cracked by just 170 people out of 3.2 million who visited the website.


"The complex codes have been created by a GCHQ team of top mathematicians," a spokeswoman for the agency said.
"They set a high bar for recruiting curious, tenacious and creative candidates who have the intellectual ability, though not necessarily the practical experience or qualifications, to join GCHQ and support the government's national cyber security agenda."

Full story @ the Age (http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/ultimate-brainteaser-crack-this-code-and-become-a-cybersleuth-20130912-2tm84.html)

Spectrism
12th September 2013, 05:16 AM
Crack the code and tell them so they can put you on the watch list.

Ares
12th September 2013, 06:24 AM
"Q" Is the starter string for this code. It's used repeatedly and believe that's the first clue to cracking it.

Just don't have the time to go through it, as you're looking at days to crack this.

Twisted Titan
12th September 2013, 06:27 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghpeshRDE8g&feature=youtube_gdata_player

palani
12th September 2013, 06:54 AM
If anyone can crack THAT code then maybe they will take a swing at cracking THIS code ... courtesy of the great State of Wisconsin

29.011  Title to wild animals.
(1) The legal title to, and the custody and protection of, all wild animals within this state is vested in the state for the purposes of regulating the enjoyment, use, disposition, and conservation of these wild animals.

Quite possibly this code is key to the enjoyment, use, disposition and conservation of dissidents within the Wisconsin prison system.

Ares
12th September 2013, 07:21 AM
Here's what I have so far, The number of times each letter is used throughout the entire code. Including how many times per line.

A = 7
B = 2
C = 5
D = 8
E = 14
F = 1
G = 2
H = 4
I = 8
J = 0
K = 1
L = 7
M = 4
N = 7
O = 10
P = 1
Q = 20
R = 3
S = 4
T = 14
U = 7
V = 3
W = 4
X = 0
Y = 0
Z = 0

# of A Line 1 = 2
# of A Line 2 = 2
# of A Line 3 = 0
# of A Line 4 = 3

# of B Line 1 = 0
# of B Line 2 = 0
# of B Line 3 = 2
# of B Line 4 = 0

# of C Line 1 = 2
# of C Line 2 = 1
# of C Line 3 = 1
# of C Line 4 = 1

# of D Line 1 = 1
# of D Line 2 = 5
# of D Line 3 = 2
# of D Line 4 = 0

# of E Line 1 = 4
# of E Line 2 = 0
# of E Line 3 = 8
# of E Line 4 = 2

# of F Line 1 = 0
# of F Line 2 = 0
# of F Line 3 = 1
# of F Line 4 = 0

# of G Line 1 = 0
# of G Line 2 = 1
# of G Line 3 = 0
# of G Line 4 = 1

# of H Line 1 = 0
# of H Line 2 = 1
# of H Line 3 = 3
# of H Line 4 = 0

# of I Line 1 = 4
# of I Line 2 = 0
# of I Line 3 = 1
# of I Line 4 = 3

# of K Line 1 = 0
# of K Line 2 = 0
# of K Line 3 = 0
# of K Line 4 = 1

# of L Line 1 = 3
# of L Line 2 = 2
# of L Line 3 = 1
# of L Line 4 = 1

# of M Line 1 = 0
# of M Line 2 = 1
# of M Line 3 = 3
# of M Line 4 = 0

# of N Line 1 = 2
# of N Line 2 = 1
# of N Line 3 = 1
# of N Line 4 = 3


# of O Line 1 = 5
# of O Line 2 = 4
# of O Line 3 = 1
# of O Line 4 = 0

# of P Line 1 = 0
# of P Line 2 = 1
# of P Line 3 = 0
# of P Line 4 = 0

# of Q Line 1 = 6
# of Q Line 2 = 9
# of Q Line 3 = 3
# of Q Line 4 = 2

# of R Line 1 = 0
# of R Line 2 = 0
# of R Line 3 = 1
# of R Line 4 = 2

# of S Line 1 = 1
# of S Line 2 = 2
# of S Line 3 = 1
# of S Line 4 = 0

# of T Line 1 = 1
# of T Line 2 = 6
# of T Line 3 = 5
# of T Line 4 = 2

# of U Line 1 = 1
# of U Line 2 = 2
# of U Line 3 = 3
# of U Line 4 = 1

# of V Line 1 = 3
# of V Line 2 = 0
# of V Line 3 = 0
# of V Line 4 = 0

# of W Line 1 = 4
# of W Line 2 = 0
# of W Line 3 = 0
# of W Line 4 = 0