Overview of Cicada 3301 [The Past 5 Years] 2012-2017
Here is some gathered intelligence on the group known as Cicada 3301. Most researchers claim it is the most mysterious group known online that post harder and hard challenges threw out the years starting in 2012.
Cicada 3301 is a name given to an organization or group that on six occasions has posted a set of puzzles and alternate reality games to possibly recruit codebreakers/linguists from the public. The 7th puzzle remains a mystery to most as of today. The first internet puzzle started on January 4, 2012, and ran for approximately one month.
This was the first image Cicada 3301 put out for solvers to decode in search of very intelligent people that could solve the answer.
A second round began one year later on January 4, 2013, and a third round following the confirmation of a fresh clue posted on Twitter on January 4, 2014.The stated intent was to recruit "intelligent individuals" by presenting a series of puzzles which were to be solved. No new puzzles were published on January 4, 2015. However, a new clue was posted on Twitter on January 5, 2016. In April 2017 another PGP signed message was found: Beware false paths. Always verify PGP signature from 7A35090F. That message explicitly denies the validity of any unsigned puzzle, as recently as April 2017.Now we take a closer look at the activities on 4chan to make a better judgment on the group were focusing on. Most things about Cicada 3301 end up on forum boards such as 4chan often and discussed about.
https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/17828683/
You can see how it kinda shook the community if you look at other places online about the conspiracy about the PGP.
Bounties for breaking the PGP has been offered to the public as well for 100$ as a reward.
Before April 2017 we have a list of puzzles that started In January 2017 .
It was mainly focused on a couple websites :
http://1711141131131.xyz and http://sevens.exposed
Which also included solvers calling the Mojave Phone Booth for clues and decoding a message given.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_phone_booth
The Mojave Phone Booth is notorious for other hacker things happening in the past having a rich history and was recently rented to Def-Ccon Back in December 2016.
https://yuki.la/x/17865259
Also was referencing the Spear of Destiny with a Journey as well as other parts like pi.mobi and connecting with each other. It was all starting to make sense even though most of the community believed as it was just another false path.
https://themmacommunity.com/threads/cicada-3301-tengri-137-spear-of-destiny.33096/
Even lining up with some of the star patterns seen later in the year and many others.
Other puzzles and mysterious groups started to form from Tengri 137 and The S.V.V.
[Tengri 137]
S.V.V
From this point we can see some of the earliest progress of the Sevens Puzzle here in January 2017 (which is like other starting points for Cicada 3301).
http://cicada-3301-2017.wikia.com/wiki/Cicada_3301_2017_Wiki
The decoding of this puzzle was on some websites and here some of the process within the puzzle thanks to Defango and others along with many others trying to collaborate on this puzzle including myself.
http://www.defango.com/cicada-3301/
The puzzles focused heavily on data security, cryptography, and stenography like many years before but no sign of a PGP signature anywhere for a while and it continued after the discovery . We can only speculate that either they wanted us to know its them or its just another hoax or maybe a mix of the two in between.
Threw out the years it has been called "the most elaborate and mysterious puzzle of the internet age" and is listed as one of the "top 5 eeriest, unsolved mysteries of the internet" by The Washington Post, and much speculation exists as to its function. Many have speculated that the puzzles are a recruitment tool for the NSA, CIA, MI6, a "Masonic conspiracy" or a cyber mercenary group. Others have claimed Cicada 3301 is an alternate reality game, but the fact that no company or individual has taken credit or tried to monetize it, combined with the fact that no known individuals that solved the puzzles have ever come forward, has led most to feel that it is not.
How to solve all puzzles up to 2017 you might ask?
Well look no further Just check out the wikia or watch this simple video below.
Uncovering 3301 Wikia
For the most up to date information on Cicada 3301 Current and Past Happening's.
How t o Solve Cicada 3301 Instruction Video
We can look deeper into the Mystery Group by some things we found.
Some information regarding on Cicada 3301 was collected and referenced before April 2017 which is no longer available.
Text Taken from: http://cicada3301.org
A Cicadian is someone who has chosen to give up the superficial and unfulfilling world around them to follow the path of the Cicada, and emerge into enlightenment.
Cicadianism is a technomystical order. Our philosophy is neither a religion nor a science, but a blend of spirituality, technology, science, and mysticism. We refer to it as a 'technomysticism'.
We did not author this philosophy. It was handed to us by 3301. We do, however, provide some interpretation of the Liber Primus and other writings by 3301. We try to be very clear about interpretation vs the original material. Of course, the original unaltered source material is freely available.
What is enlightenment?
When most people think of "enlightenment" they picture an old man sitting on a mountain focusing on the concept of nothing. This isn't how we use the term.
Enlightenment to a Cicadian is a state in which we are wholly optimized and present as a portion of the Global Consciousness. To be in this state, we must exercise our minds, our Will, our bodies, and our intelligence.
This doesn't mean to give ourselves over to something else. Instead it is to become one with our true nature: as a part of the Global Brain.
The steps to enlightenment
Initiates on the path to enlightenment follow a series of steps, or degrees, to reach the final and degreeless phase of the cycle, Imago.
5° Neophyte
3° Magis
2° Instar
_° Imago
Initiation
To become an initiate, one must first privately declare oneself to be a Cicadian. Then it is recommended to join a brood.
Instructions
In the Liber Primus, 3301 left us four sets of instructions (possibly more that have yet to be discovered). Over time, we will provide an analysis of these instructions and the far-reaching implications therein:
Command your own self.
Do four unreasonable things each day.
Program your mind.
Program reality.
Question all things.
Discover truth inside yourself.
Follow your truth.
Impose nothing on others.
Liber Primus is the sacred book of Cicadianism
Authored and provided by 3301, Liber Primus is the sacred book of Cicadianism. It contains lessons, instructions, and wisdom. It also contains many hidden things when used with the Gematria Primus. The beginning has been deciphered, unfortunately many pages remain encryptedAuthored and provided by 3301, Liber Primus is the sacred book of Cicadianism. It contains lessons, instructions, and wisdom. It also contains many hidden things when used with the Gematria Primus. The beginning has been deciphered, unfortunately many pages remain encrypted
A Warning
Believe nothing from this book. Except what you know to be true. Test the knowledge. Find your truth. Experience your death. Do not edit or change this book. Or the message contained within. Either the words or their numbers. For all is sacred.
Some Wisdom
The primes are sacred. The totient function is sacred. All things should be encrypted.
Know This
272 138 341 131 151
366 199 130 320 18
226 245 91 245 226
18 320 130 199 366
151 131 341 138 272
You are a being unto yourself.
You are a law unto yourself.
Each intelligence is holy.
For all that lives is holy.
An Instruction
Command your own self.
434 1311 312 278 966
204 812 934 280 1071
626 620 809 620 626
1071 280 934 812 204
966 278 312 1311 434
The Gematria Primus was provided by 3301 as a means of operating on the English language. Like any gematria, it provides a mapping between letters, words and phrases to numbers.
After reviewing the website and most the other websites origin's it is hard to say what and who this mysterious organization belongs to. They have gave us clues to decode the Liber Primus Fully. As to who has decoded it and knows who has not been disclosed and no one is seeming to know much information. The puzzle continues on sevens exposed and there is still people trying whatever is left. A huge number of puzzles and other ARG's exploded over the year as well as very complex games emerged over time. It is great witnessing all the new games and puzzles and also things to come in the future. All we have is time left and we all better enjoy some of the things we have.
Many loose ends with the original puzzles include this Hash and others at the end of Liber Primus.
36367763ab73783c7af284446c
59466b4cd653239a311cb7116
d4618dee09a8425893dc7500b
464fdaf1672d7bef5e891c6e227
4568926a49fb4f45132c2a8b4
Who know's where that leads of if anyone would even say.
The investigation into the mysterious organization seemed to prove to show some of the darker sides of things and interlaced between many puzzle groups. This is where all these things overlapped and a final conclusion was still not achieved on a bigger wider agenda.
Be sure to check out the next post of the final view of where the rabbit hole continues into the darkweb and entering the Mariana's Web and Cicada 3301 Connection. Enter The Rabbit Hole