This week the boys solve the internet mystery of Cicada 3301 for Fishing Elephant Media’s own Cole Blenner in exchange for him finding us Officer Virgil.

This case really gives Rick a hacker hard-on and it was easier than usual to solve.

This story brings us around the world to learn about hacking, cypherpunks, Agrippa, ARGs, amongst many other dorky internet nerd stuff.

All we needed to solve this case was to look and study the following websites:

https://mashable.com/archive/us-navy-codebreaker-game

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10799470/US-Navy-attempting-to-recruit-cryptologists-through-Facebook-game.html

https://interestingengineering.com/a-modern-day-treasure-hunt-cracking-cicada-3301

https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thecode/2011/07/week-1-puzzle-cicada-survival.shtml

https://www.sixtostart.com/#past-projects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Bees

https://nationalpost.com/news/the-internet-mystery-thats-baffled-the-world-is-cicada-3301-a-puzzle-a-treasure-hunt-or-some-nefarious-recruitment-test

https://uncovering-cicada.fandom.com/wiki/What_Happened_Part_1_(2012)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippa_(A_Book_of_the_Dead)

https://www.comptia.org/blog/what-is-steganography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301

https://www.fastcompany.com/3025785/meet-the-man-who-solved-the-mysterious-cicada-3301-puzzle

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/10/cicada-3301-i-tried-the-hardest-puzzle-on-the-internet-and-failed-spectacularly

https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/cicada-3301-puzzle-brightest-minds-posted-unknown-mysterious-organizationt/

https://www.boxentriq.com/code-breaking/cicada-3301-first-puzzle-walkthrough

https://theface.com/life/cicada-3301-the-codebreakers-still-working-on-the-internets-strangest-mystery

https://metro.co.uk/2013/12/16/cicada-3301-the-most-elaborate-and-mysterious-puzzle-of-the-internet-age-4229892/

https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/security-essentials/capture-the-flag-ctf-what-is-it-for-a-newbie

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