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November 19, 2025
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Auction of famed CIA cipher shaken after archive reveals code

Auction of famed CIA cipher shaken after archive reveals code

Auction of famed CIA cipher shaken after archive reveals code..

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The highly anticipated auction for the solution to Kryptos' final, unsolved code, K4, has been shaken after two friends claim to have uncovered the secret from the sculptor's archives.

  • Artist Jim Sanborn was set to auction the 97-character solution to K4, expected to fetch over $240,000.
  • Jarett Kobek, a writer, and Richard Byrne, a journalist, claim to have deciphered K4 after examining Sanborn's archives at the Washington Smithsonian Institution.
  • Sanborn initially attempted to have them sign non-disclosure agreements, stating he "was trying to save K4 from disclosure by any means possible."

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