Dark Web: Cicada 3301 < WORKING × VERSION >

The stated goal of Cicada 3301 was to recruit "highly intelligent individuals" through challenges that tested skills in .

: Others speculate the group is a cyber-anarchist collective, a government intelligence agency (like the NSA or GCHQ), or even a digital "religion" due to the philosophical nature of Liber Primus . Dark Web: Cicada 3301

: Some winners from 2012 reported being invited to a private forum to work on privacy-focused software development. The stated goal of Cicada 3301 was to

Cicada 3301 is widely considered "the most elaborate and mysterious puzzle of the internet age". It began on January 4, 2012, with a cryptic image posted on 4chan's /x/ board, and continued with annual puzzles in 2013 and 2014. While often associated with the , the puzzles spanned multiple layers of the internet and the physical world. The Puzzles and Mechanics Cicada 3301 is widely considered "the most elaborate