Zodiac's 340 Cipher Solved: Five Years Later

Let's Crack Zodiac: Episode 26

December 5th marked five years since we cracked the Zodiac’s 340-character cipher. In this video, we look back on that breakthrough and reveal new behind-the-scenes details about solving it, sharing it with law enforcement, and its aftermath.

Z340 paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17350

Episode 5, the original video of the Z340 solution:    • Let's Crack Zodiac - Episode 5 - The 340 I...  

Episode 6, which shows some of the media aftermath:    • Let's Crack Zodiac - Episode 6 - How was t...  

My first crypto symposium talk:    • The Zodiac Ciphers - What do we know, and ...  

My ACA talk:    • What is Zodiac's 340-Character Cipher?  20...  

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Videos:

Roller coaster:    • Dorney Park's new roller coaster for 2024:...  
Zodiac trailer:    • Zodiac (2007) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Clas...  
Wile E. Coyote:    • Fast and Furry-ous  
Craig Bauer: Unsolved Ciphers:    • The World's Greatest Unsolved Ciphers, par...      • The World's Greatest Unsolved Ciphers, par...  
Klaus Schmeh: Encrypted Books:    • 2013-10-18-NSA-Konferenz-Vortrag-Schmeh-1      • 2013-10-18-NSA-Konferenz-Vortrag-Schmeh-2  
Kryptos:    • Cracking the Uncrackable Code 😏  
Heartbeat:    • Heart pulse graph greenscreen video, heart...  
Melbourne beaches:    • Top 10 Best Beaches in Melbourne, Australia  
Treasure:    • We Found A Real Treasure Chest❗️ [ Treasur...  
Hand grenade:    • Know Your Tasks: Hand Grenade | U.S. Army ...  
Conference call:    • Conference Calls on the New Avaya Phones  
Zoom meeting:    • Zoom Class Meeting Downing Soc 220 2/18/2021  
Stopwatch:    • Analog Stopwatch Countdown  
Celebration:    • Festive Party Celebration 🎉🎈 Confetti Gree...  
Frustrated:    • Man destroys computer  
Scientific method:    • Steps of the Scientific Method  
Sam interview:    • Zodiac killer code cracked by Australian m...  
Voynich Manuscript:    • Opening the Voynich Manuscript  
Nervous Sylvester:    • Sylvester sips coffee while enjoying a cig...  

Books:

Klaus Schmeh: Nicht Zu Knacken: https://www.amazon.com/Nicht-zu-knack...

Sounds:

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Heartbeat:    • Heartbeat Sound Effect ❤️ Slow, Fast, Cree...  
Ding: https://freesound.org/people/5ro4/sou...
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