🗿 A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

｢ What led to that moment is a blend of mishandled paperwork and nerdy spycraft. An amateur cryptographer and his friend had found the solution in plain view for anyone willing to dig through the archives of the Smithsonian Institution ｣

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/kryptos-cia-solution-sanborn-auction.html

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