Dress code: How a Winnipeg codebreaker cracked one of the 'world's top unsolved messages'
For a decade, cryptology fans had been trying to solve something called the "Silk Dress cryptogram." Earlier this year, a Winnipeg academic figured it out.
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![University of Manitoba research computer analyst Wayne Chan holds a copy of the Silk Dress cryptogram. Univeristy of Manitoba research computer analyst Wayne Chan holds a copy of the Silk Dress cryptogram.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7056789.1702494153!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/wayne-chan.jpg)
For a decade, cryptology fans had been trying to solve something called the "Silk Dress cryptogram." Earlier this year, a Winnipeg academic figured it out.