The Internet is full of myths and weird things. Fake breaking news, alien stories, made up scandals etc. But world web isn’t just fields of mindless dreck. For instance, you could always take a crack at the web’s toughest crypto-puzzle. Those are not in short supply from ever-baffling Cicada 3301.
Appearing each year since 2012, these strange series of challenges have stumped computer whiz-kids all over the world. And it appears that the quizmasters eventually get in touch with whoever is able to crack the code to offer them a membership in their secret club of hackers.