Tasmanian boy cracks security code

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14yo Tasmanian boy cracks national intelligence agency code in 'just over an hour'

A 14-year-old Tasmanian boy cracks four levels of code imprinted on a commemorative 50-cent coin in "just over an hour" after it was released by the nation's foreign intelligence cybersecurity agency — and the spy boss says she wants to meet him so she can "recruit him".

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Australian Signals Directorate 50-cent coin code cracked by Tasmanian 14yo in 'just over an hour'​

By Dan Smith
Posted 10h ago10 hours ago, updated 3h ago3 hours ago

The coin was available for purchase from the Royal Australian Mint.(Supplied: Royal Australian Mint)
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A 14-year-old boy has cracked four levels of code imprinted on a commemorative 50-cent coin released by the nation's foreign intelligence cybersecurity agency.

Key points:​

• ASD director-general Rachel Noble said the 14-year-old cracked the encryption in just over an hour
• She said the agency hoped to meet him "and recruit him"
• She also said there was a secret fifth level of encryption on the coin which no one had broken yet