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Other senior officials opted to leave, including the bureau’s top fraud expert, cryptanalyst and skyjacking expert, and the head of its Crime Information Center.
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Douglas M. Charles,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Ever since artist James Sanborn unveiled Kryptos, an outdoor sculpture that sits at CIA headquarters, amateur and professional cryptanalysts have been feverishly attempting to crack the code hidden in its nearly 1800-character message.
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Matthew Gault,
Wired News,
14 Aug. 2025
This failure has only deepened the obsession of thousands of would-be cryptanalysts.
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Steven Levy,
WIRED,
7 Mar. 2025
Knightley was nominated again in 2015 for her supporting performance in The Imitation Game as real-life cryptanalyst and numismatist Joan Clarke.
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Diana Pearl,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Playing famous British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, Benedict Cumberbatch takes on one of his greatest roles yet, a mercurial and arrogant mathematician who helped the Allies decrypt Soviet Union messages during World War II.
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Keith Nelson,
Men's Health,
27 July 2023
And, in general, the race between designers who try to build strong codes and cryptanalysts who try to break them ultimately benefits security.
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Nadia Heninger,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2013
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Douglas M. Charles,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Ever since artist James Sanborn unveiled Kryptos, an outdoor sculpture that sits at CIA headquarters, amateur and professional cryptanalysts have been feverishly attempting to crack the code hidden in its nearly 1800-character message.
—
Matthew Gault,
Wired News,
14 Aug. 2025
This failure has only deepened the obsession of thousands of would-be cryptanalysts.
—
Steven Levy,
WIRED,
7 Mar. 2025
Knightley was nominated again in 2015 for her supporting performance in The Imitation Game as real-life cryptanalyst and numismatist Joan Clarke.
—
Diana Pearl,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Playing famous British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, Benedict Cumberbatch takes on one of his greatest roles yet, a mercurial and arrogant mathematician who helped the Allies decrypt Soviet Union messages during World War II.
—
Keith Nelson,
Men's Health,
27 July 2023
And, in general, the race between designers who try to build strong codes and cryptanalysts who try to break them ultimately benefits security.
—
Nadia Heninger,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2013
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“Cryptanalyst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptanalyst. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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