How a ‘gigantic’ mistake scrambled the sale of the ‘Kryptos’ secret code
- Posted on November 1, 2025
 - By Washington Post
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How a ‘gigantic’ mistake scrambled the sale of the ‘Kryptos’ secret code
A coded passage in “Kryptos,” Jim Sanborn’s sculpture at CIA headquarters, has gone unsolved for decades. After he announced its auction, two researchers stumbled on the answer.