Puzzle made by the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for the university quest

[dpivchik]

https://wondrousnet.blogspot.com/2023/05/solution-to-puzzle-sleuth.html

[hulahoof]

This article claims Assange is a likely organiser of Cicada 3301, this is not a theory I have heard before - does anyone have any resources that expand on this ?

[dpivchik → hulahoof]

You can read book by Julian Assange, that was first published in 2012, the year of emergence of Cicada 3301, and named “Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet” (https://www.amazon.com/Cypherpunks-Freedom-Internet-Julian-A... and compare its content to the message, that was sent to the winners of Cicada 3301 competition in 2012 (https://pastebin.com/RmqxWcnB) or 2013 (https://pastebin.com/rn4gTF1Z).

[hulahoof → dpivchik]

Thanks exactly what I was after!