Cicada 3301-"The internet Mystery"
There was a message from an anonymous sender stating, "Hello, we are looking for highly intelligent individuals, and thus this test." If they solved the test, they likely had a chance of actually finding out who they were, and this message was signed by the name Cicada 3301. It all started on 4th Jan 2012 on 4chan..an anonymous English language imageboard website for the age group 18-25. It's a community-based webpage ... I posted an image on a random board and signed the image with 4 digit code i.e. 3301 and challenged the users to uncover a message hidden in this... As soon as they posted the image many users started discovering what it could be and when they opened this image on Notepad they found a text and a link when deciphered and that link led them to another image...everyone thought this was the end of this puzzle, but when they used an app called outguess..they were able to extract hidden info within the image. This info led them to a subreddit which led them ...