"Berlin"

Once upon a time I told the reader of Habrahabr about Cryptos , a unique cryptography monument located at the headquarters of the CIA.

The story finally began to evolve according to expectations! Jim Sanborn, the creator of the puzzle, told the New York Times on Sunday that the first 6 letters out of 97 undeciphered that are needed to solve the last passage are the symbols "NYPVTT". After decryption, it turned out to be the word "Berlin".
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Members of the Kryptos Yahoo Group already on Sunday tried to brainstorm the last piece of code in a 90-minute online conference. Actually, even this single word already has a large meta value, not only from the point of view of cryptography, but also symbolism. The Berlin Wall ceased to exist around November 1989, exactly 1 year before Kryptos was ordained to the Central Intelligence Agency.

In addition, Sanborn has launched a new website: Kryptos Clue , offering everyone to offer their own solution to the puzzle. A large picture of the cryptographic code, just in case , you can take here .

NYT via Wired