Gchq Releases Annual Christmas Puzzle - Can You Solve It? - Beritaja

GCHQ has released its yearly Christmas challenge, pinch 7 puzzles aimed to put the nation's codebreaking skills to the test.

Devised by in-house puzzlers astatine the UK's intelligence agency, the situation is geared towards testing a scope of skills to unlock a festive message.

This year, for the first time, other puzzles characteristic connected the beforehand of the card. These were designed by 3 schoolchildren, aft much than 500 children entered the agency's title to hunt down the champion budding spies.

Some challenges impact codebreaking, maths and analysis, while others trial skills including lateral thinking, ingenuity and perseverance - the aforesaid blend of skills GCHQ said are utilized each time to support the state safe.

However "no 1 will find them easy", the agency's main puzzler - known only arsenic Colin - said.

The Christmas paper title tasked schoolchildren pinch answering the question: 'What do you deliberation GCHQ looks for illustration connected Christmas Day?' arsenic good arsenic putting hidden codes and puzzles into their designs.

The winning designs came from Haoran, a twelvemonth 8 student from Wilson's School successful London, Mariia, a twelvemonth 10 student astatine the Henry Beaufort School successful Winchester, and twelvemonth 12 student Amelie from South Wilts Grammar School successful Salisbury.

GCHQ head Anne Keast-Butler, was 1 of those tasked pinch picking the winners. She said she hopes the situation will "inspire the adjacent procreation to research STEM subjects and see the rewarding careers disposable successful cybersecurity and intelligence".

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This year's Christmas cards - and challenges - are disposable to download from GCHQ.gov.uk.

Answers will beryllium published by the intelligence agency astatine 9pm connected Wednesday 10 December.