However, waiting for five or even more years before the mystery (and the product advertised) is finally revealed is unheard of. In fact, there have been marketing campaigns starting with a mystery before (e.g., Segway). Cicada 3301 might be organised by a major company as a part of a marketing campaign.Cicada 3301 might be organised by a secret service aiming to find smart people in order to offer them a job.
Several explanations have been discussed: Neither do we know the purpose of Cicada 3301. Now that the year 2017 has started, the question is: Will Cicada 3301 continue tomorrow?Īlthough Cicada 3301 has now been around for five years, it is still completely unclear who the organiser of this strange game is. It is still unknown to date, whether the secret organisers didn’t publish a new clue or whether they took a break.Ī new Cicada 3301 puzzle was posted on Twitter on January 5, 2016, which started round number five. Round number four of Cicada 3301 was expected to start on January 4, 2015. Again, a large community of people worked on the Cicada 3301 puzzles for a few weeks until no further solution or puzzle was found. Again, the unknown organiser published a long chain of puzzles that ended after a few weeks without anything else happening.Ī third round started following a fresh signed clue posted on Twitter on January 4, 2014. A digital signature that could be verified with a public key posted with the first puzzle indicated that the new puzzle was genuine. However, on January 4, 2013, exactly one year after the start of Cicada 3301, a second round of the game began with a new puzzle. The comment section of my German Cicada 3301 blog article became the most popular German discussion forum with now more than 250 entries.Īfter about four weeks no new solutions or puzzles were reported any more. The most important international Cicada 3301 site is the Uncovering Cicada Wiki. The puzzles along with potential solutions were discussed on various internet forums. The puzzles focused heavily on data security, cryptography, and steganography. The chain of puzzles involved websites, telephone connections and real places. The solution of this puzzle led to a new one, the solution of which led to another one, and so on. On January 4, 2012, an unknown user posted a steganographic puzzle on the internet portal 4Chan. Will round number six be launched tomorrow? A new round always starts on January 4 of a year. Cicada 3301 is an internet game operated by a secret organisation since 2012.
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