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Сюда относятся документы о попытках расшифровать подозрительные последовательности или коды в официальных эмблемах и рекламных сообщениях.
Общие признаки: поиск скрытых кодов, расшифровка символов, анализ логотипов и объявлений, криптографические загадки
Группа выше: Головоломки и интеллектуальные игры
Смысл: The text explores the attempts of amateur cryptographers to decode a 33-digit binary sequence found on the coat of arms of Canada's Governor General, David Johnston, questioning if it is a genuine cipher or a purely symbolic design.
Amateur cryptographers attempted to decode a binary string on the Canadian Governor General's coat of arms, but found it is likely a decorative palindrome rather than a secret message.
Смысл: The text is a report about an unexplained, possibly coded, advertisement from IBM found at a university, exploring whether it is a recruitment puzzle or a hoax.
A mysterious, untranslatable announcement with an IBM logo found at UrFU prompts a community effort to decode it as a possible recruitment quest.
Смысл: The text describes how the public cracked an MD5 hash on the US Cyber Command logo, which the US Department of Defense later claimed was not meant to be a secret cipher.
Enthusiasts decrypted an MD5 hash on the US Cyber Command logo to find its motto, despite the DoD claiming it wasn't a secret code.