Many years of speculation is that this cipher has been encrypted multiple times. I believe this to be true.
I believe it is a running key cipher followed by a cipher that is decoded using the key: The Giant.
A running key cipher is a type of polyalphabetic substitution cipher in which text is used to form a key stream to decode the cipher. However, typically this piece of text are agreed upon between both parties and a code is put into the cipher (indicator block) revealing the page number and line number to find the key phrase within the text.
However, we have no agreed upon text. I have attempted radio transmissions from the giant, key voice lines that are repeated, such as a vessel for Maxis, intro cinematic transcript.
Does anyone know of any key text that might be used? Maybe Jason blundell referred to these during the cycle of BO3, etc.
Also I could be completely wrong and it may not be a running key cipher, but any help would be appreciated.
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There is no new information regarding this cipher.
It’s definitely reminiscent of a Base64 cipher, but decoding it using said method returns a bunch of which indicates that’s either encrypted more than once or it isn’t a Base64.
I also tried a Viginere cipher trying to determine a key length to see if it would match the length of “TheGiant” but can not seem to find any correlations using the coincidences.
kCmlgFi6GUJNgkNI1Q41fbfyLoCFTCvlqkZil0KIAXAzP1U1uy1BE4U
fPBfpKmmLObjYnQNRBaPtKiVWzc5A4v0W3xle8FOhAGJZ7g4inOwn
dJxM0v03dc1M82at2T6935roTqyWDgtGD/hwwRF3oHqFM5Vcw1
JtINbsgWRm4o4/quEDkZ7x1B275bX3/Fo1
It actually has been solved. It’s part of a conversation between Jimmy Z and Blondell. It says:
“I bet they’ll still be asking about the silly gun cube in 2024.”
“Don’t be silly, they’ll realise it’s tat by then.”
Maybe it’s like the ADFGX Cipher on Mob of the Dead. The Key is TheGiant but in polish
Wonder if the hypercube will give us the key for this cypher
Probably worth noting we’ve had ciphers written in other languages and not just English.
According to ChatGPT, the cipher translates to: “It looks like you’ve posted a string of characters and symbols, but I’m not sure what it’s for. Could you provide some context or clarify what you’re trying to do?”
/j
Iirc a good chunk of the community has agreed the cipher was likely translated wrong or has other errors that make it impossible to solve, but who knows?
could be part of a URL