5 Lessons from Decoding of Zodiac Killer “340 Character Ciphers”
And it has nothing to do with your coding ability
A team of code-breakers has solved a cipher attributed to the Zodiac Killer.
David Oranchak, a US-based software developer, Sam Blake, a mathematician based in Australia, and Jarl Van Eycke, a programmer based in Belgium, managed to crack Z340, a 340-character cipher that’s one of four such codes attributed to the Zodiac Killer.
The Zodiac Killer was an unidentified serial killer believed to have killed at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late ’60s and was known for sending cryptic messages to law enforcement and journalists.
The decoding of the zodiac ciphers by the trio of amateur math and software codebreakers is a reminder that you need not have the best brains at your disposal to solve a mystery. At times, the intent and perseverance combined with the right set of tools can get you the desired result.
So the next time, if you find yourself in the midst of a complex challenge, let yourself remind of these 5 lessons worth Learning and emulating from Decoding of Zodiac Killer “340 Ciphers.”
