'Encrypted' Tweet takes world+dog a moment or two to solve
By Richard Chirgwin, 6 May 2014 The NSA (yes, that NSA) has triggered a bit of a Tweet-storm, followed by helpless fits of giggles among geeks, by posting a job-ad-Tweet that used a simple Roman-style substitution cipher.tpfccdlfdtte pcaccplircdt dklpcfrp?qeiq lhpqlipqeodf gpwafopwprti izxndkiqpkii krirrifcapnc dxkdciqcafmd vkfpcadf. #MissionMonday #NSA #news
— NSA (@NSACareers) May 5, 2014
The Tweet creeped out some people, but has since been revealed as the first of what the agency says will be an ongoing recruitment campaign seeking “the best and brightest” – and this is where the fits of giggles start.
As noted by the Washington Post, the message uses a simple substitution cipher to obfuscate a fairly prosaic message: “want to know what it takes to work at nsa? check back each monday as we explore careers essential to protecting your nation.”
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This one does take some beating...I wonder who wrote the job specs?
