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Kryptos

A ten-foot copper sculpture has stood in the CIA's courtyard since 1990 with four secret messages carved through it. Thirty-five years later, three are solved. The fourth was never cracked — just found in a folder.

Filed July 25, 2026 · Case RT-KRYPTOS

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