Re: [cryptography] [Cryptography] GCHQ puzzler for xmas
> Britain's most secretive organisation - GCHQ - has added a cryptic twist > to Christmas card season by including a baffling brainteaser. This reminds me very much of the depiction of the recruitment process stipulated by "Alan Turing" in The Imitation Game, where a crossword puzzle was distributed via newspaper for talented citizens to solve, and subsequently be recruited for the war effort. The publication of such a puzzle by Hannigan is likely somehow linked with GCHQ's recruitment operations for their (less than desirable) positions in mathematical or cryptographic fields, or perhaps the monitoring of those with advanced mathematical ability. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
[cryptography] GCHQ puzzler for xmas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35058761 Britain's most secretive organisation - GCHQ - has added a cryptic twist to Christmas card season by including a baffling brainteaser. This year spy agency director Robert Hannigan is sending out a complex grid-shading puzzle inside his traditional Christmas cards of the nativity scene. Successful codebreakers will uncover an image in the grid that leads to a series of tougher challenges. Those not on the card list can have a go here or on the GCHQ website. Mr Hannigan is asking players who complete all the stages to submit their answer to GCHQ by the end of January. Those who enjoyed the challenge are asked to make a donation to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
