Compilation of news reports about the solution

404 Media

• https://www.404media.co/cryptographers-who-solved-zodiac-killer-cipher-publish-paper-about-how-they-did-it/

8 News Now Las Vegas

• https://www.8newsnow.com/news/national-news/zodiac-killers-340-cipher-solved-by-private-citizens-2/

ABC7 News Bay Area

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d64_OkthWOU
• https://abc7news.com/zodiac-cipher-sent-to-chronicle-in-1969-reportedly-solved-by-experts/8694192/

ABC13 SF

• https://abc13.com/8694644

ABC Australia

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-12/zodiac-killer-code-cracked-by-australian-mathematician/12977342?fbclid=IwAR0HTEixB1znxsZRcmGOAmKHR9H7o9nfPx4Ms8n_cGdzZE5Mi6IP5zCaYh4
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-12/melbourne-mathematician-cracks-zodiac-killer-cipher/12978106
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f2Z3olILxg

ACS Information Age - AU

• https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2020/melbourne-mathematician-cracks-zodiac-killer-s-code.html

A&E

• https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/zodiac-killer-messages

The Age - AU

• https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/australian-mathematician-helps-crack-zodiac-serial-killer-s-coded-message-20201212-p56mz2.html

AlphaNews Live - Greece

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyQPN7RNxvo

Ars Technica

• https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/zodiac-killer-cipher-is-cracked-after-eluding-sleuths-for-51-years/

BBC

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55285805
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172x2z2rg0q9z0 (Radio Newshour, at about 45:00)

Big Think

• https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/5-amazing-cracked-codes

BoingBoing

• https://boingboing.net/2020/12/12/the-zodiac-killers-final-cryptogram-solved.html

CBS

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zodiac-killer-cipher-solved-amateur-codebreakers-51-years/

CBS SF

• https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/12/11/zodiac-killer-cipher-cryptogram-solved-amateur-codebreakers/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuvwCZht_EY

Cipher Mysteries

• http://ciphermysteries.com/2020/12/11/zodiac-z340-is-cracked

CNA - Singapore

• https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/zodiac-killer-message-decoded-after-more-than-50-years-13755920

CNET

• https://www.cnet.com/news/zodiac-killer-message-known-as-340-cipher-solved-after-51-years/

CNN

• https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/us/zodiac-killer-cypher-340-code-trnd/index.html

Daily Beast

• https://www.thedailybeast.com/zodiac-killers-cryptogram-finally-solved-after-more-than-50-years

Daily Mail

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9044635/Zodiac-killers-1969-cipher-finally-solved-51-years-sent-San-Francisco-Chronicle.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9112507/TOM-LEONARD-examines-cracked-Zodiac-killers-secret-code.html

Daily Star

• https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/volunteers-crack-cryptic-zodiac-serial-23155638

Den of Geek

• https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/zodiac-killer-code-cracked-after-51-years/

Discover Magazine

• https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-mathematicians-cracked-the-zodiac-killers-cipher

Distractify

• https://www.distractify.com/p/zodiac-killer-cipher-solved

E!

• https://www.eonline.com/de/news/1218142/zodiac-killer-s-cipher-solved-by-code-experts-50-years-after-murders-began
• https://www.eonline.com/au/news/1218957/why-the-hunt-for-the-zodiac-killer-turned-into-a-terrifying-puzzle-for-the-ages

FBI San Francisco

• https://twitter.com/FBISanFrancisco/status/1337477701825925120

Forbes

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/12/11/zodiac-killer-cipher-finally-cracked-after-51-years-and-its-as-chilling-as-youd-expect/?sh=1b0b00905ea1

FOX5 NY

• https://www.fox5ny.com/news/cipher-solved-in-zodiac-killer-case-decades-after-it-was-sent *

FOX59

• https://fox59.com/news/zodiac-killer-mystery-code-cracked-50-years-after-murder-spree/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E7K6FCWMCQ

FOX KTVU SF

• https://www.ktvu.com/news/cipher-solved-in-zodiac-killer-case-decades-after-it-was-sent
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-W4dnz5cLY

Fox News

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/zodiac-killer-cipher-san-francisco-newspaper

Gizmodo

• https://gizmodo.com/zodiac-killers-cipher-cracked-by-amateur-codebreakers-m-1845867780

Gizmodo - AU

• https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/12/zodiac-killer-cipher-solved-by-australian-mathematician/

Global News Canada

• https://globalnews.ca/news/7516776/zodiac-killer-cipher-solved-code

The Guardian

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/11/zodiac-killer-cipher-cracked-california
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/dec/12/mathematician-explains-cracking-california-zodiac-killer-cipher-video

The Hill

• https://thehill.com/homenews/news/529929-amateur-sleuths-crack-one-of-the-zodiac-killers-ciphers-after-51-years

IFLS

• https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/zodiac-killers-infamous-340-cipher-decoded-and-his-message-finally-revealed/

Iltalehti - FI

• https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/c3f9c605-ec41-4028-ac17-03573313c08e

Independent

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/zodiac-killer-decoded-letter-fbi-true-crime-b1770768.html

The Infographics Show

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX0XP3d0q2Q

Inquisitr

• https://www.inquisitr.com/6415526/ted-cruz-zodiac-killer-cipher-supreme-court/

Inside Edition

• https://www.insideedition.com/zodiac-killers-infamous-cypher-decoded-more-than-50-years-after-it-was-sent-to-journalists-63789
• https://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/zodiac-killers-340-cipher-message-decoded-by-amateur-sleuths-63800

Interesting Engineering

• https://interestingengineering.com/zodiac-killers-51-year-old-mystery-cipher-cracked
• https://interestingengineering.com/one-of-the-few-remaining-ciphers-has-been-solved-zodiacs-z-340-cipher

The Irish Sun

• https://www.thesun.ie/news/6276858/zodiac-killer-cipher-solved-melbourne-mathematician/

Junkee

• https://junkee.com/zodiac-killer-cypher-solved/282179

KCBS Radio SF

• https://www.radio.com/kcbsradio/news/local/zodiac-cipher-cracked-after-more-than-50-years

KCRW NPR Santa Monica / Los Angeles

• https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/coronavirus-schools-epa-august-wilson-zodiac-killer/340-ciper-solved-david-oranchak

KION Monterey CA

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvKZvR-AMFA

KRON4 SF

• https://www.kron4.com/news/california/zodiac-killers-340-cipher-solved-by-private-citizens/

LA Times

• https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-11/zodiac-cipher-solved-51-years-after-it-was-sent-to-newspaper

Law and Crime Daily

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usim9dp4vww

Medium

• https://medium.com/illumination-curated/5-lessons-from-decoding-of-zodiac-killer-340-character-ciphers-a46f37635b1a

Mirror

• https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/serial-killers-chilling-coded-letter-23156611

National Cryptologic Museum Foundation

• https://cryptologicfoundation.org/news-events/news-archive.html/article/2020/12/17/zodiac-killer-s-340-character-cipher-has-been-solved-

National Post (Canada)

• https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-decoding-the-zodiac-killer

NBC News

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i-am-not-afraid-gas-chamber-codebreakers-solve-old-zodiac-n1250948
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eopl4lVQkEI (Zodiac story at 9:39)

Nerdist

• https://nerdist.com/article/zodiac-killers-cipher-solved-340-character-cipher/

Newcastle Herald - AU

• https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/7052382/zodiac-killer-code-cracked-after-decades/?cs=7579

News7 Boston

• https://whdh.com/news/codebreakers-decipher-51-year-old-note-from-zodiac-killer/

NewsNation

• https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/west/zodiac-killers-cipher-puzzle-solved-51-years-later/

Nils Kopal

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIrOftXgibg

NRC - Netherlands

• https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/12/12/gecodeerd-bericht-van-seriemoordenaar-zodiac-killer-na-ruim-50-jaar-ontcijferd-a4023615?fbclid=IwAR0OYFHmLTssnBUv090Q5myTUdrhfTUSw0lbONS9-kbnMU-MVX6ErYvt4Ys

NTV - Russia

• https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2490985/

NY Daily News

• https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-zodiac-killer-ciper-finally-cracked-fifty-one-years-later-20201211-5mf7ujlup5dmhj64o2tnxwxbbu-story.html

NY Post

• https://nypost.com/2020/12/11/zodiac-killers-1969-cipher-puzzle-finally-solved/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db8O2jYI018

NY Times

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/zodiac-killer-code-broken.html

NZ Herald

• https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/california-murder-mystery-zodiac-killers-340-cipher-finally-solved-after-51-years/WF7MARG5V3YOTXLG6T66NVPDDM/

Open Culture

• https://www.openculture.com/?p=1084797

People

• https://people.com/crime/zodiac-killer-case-cipher-solved-by-codebreakers-after-51-years/

Popular Mechanics

• https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a40734389/new-pop-mech-issue-secret-bomber-zodiac-killer/ (paywalled)

Popular Science

• https://www.popsci.com/technology/zodiac-letter-decode/

Punjab Kesari TV - India

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jjk26FqGyY

RawStory

• https://www.rawstory.com/zodiac-killer-cypher/

Reddit

• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/kb8v2h/fbi_confirms_that_the_zodiac_killers_340_cypher/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/kb253r/the_zodiac_killers_unsolved_340_cypher_is_finally/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/kb188w/after_51_years_the_zodiac_killers_340character/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/kbne66/zodiac_killers_code_finally_broken_after_51_years/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/kbagpv/zodiac_killers_340_cipher_sent_to_san_francisco/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/kfnt1f/im_kevin_fagan_san_francisco_chronicle_reporter/

The Register

• https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/12/zodiac_killers_cipher_solved/
• https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/zodiac_killer_code/

Reuters

• https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN28M02D

Reuters UK

• https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-crime-zodiac-killer-idUKKBN28L2YC

RNZ

• https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018777066/zodiac-killer-code-cracked-50-years-on

Roanoke Times - Roanoke VA

• https://roanoke.com/news/local/casey-roanoke-valley-scientist-helped-solve-zodiac-killer-cipher-that-stumped-experts-for-51-years/article_c9c4526c-43d7-11eb-b415-f765cf816fb5.html

Rolling Stone

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/codebreakers-crack-zodiac-killer-unsolved-340-character-cipher-1102927/

RTE - Ireland

• https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1211/1183969-zodiac-killer/

Salon

• https://www.salon.com/2020/12/20/zodiac-killer-code-cipher-340-sam-blake/

Science Alert

• https://www.sciencealert.com/team-of-amateur-code-breakers-just-solved-51-year-old-zodiac-killer-cipher

SF Chronicle

• https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Zodiac-340-cypher-cracked-by-code-expert-51-years-15794943.php
• https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Zodiac-Killer-and-the-340-Cipher-Our-15815153.php
• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/kfnt1f/im_kevin_fagan_san_francisco_chronicle_reporter/

SF Gate

• https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/zodiac-340-cipher-solved-solution-code-15795178.php
• https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/why-has-Zodiac-Killer-never-been-caught-15847923.php

Sky News

• https://news.sky.com/story/notorious-zodiac-killers-coded-message-cracked-after-more-than-50-years-12158610

Sydney Morning Herald - AU

• https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/australian-mathematician-helps-crack-zodiac-serial-killer-s-coded-message-20201212-p56mz2.html

The Telegraph

• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/12/zodiac-serial-killers-code-cracked-51-years/
• https://www.thetelegraph.com/insider/article/Zodiac-s-sign-language-solved-15819253.php
• https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/volunteers-crack-zodiac-san-francisco-serial-killers-cipher/cid/1800390

ThreatPost

• https://threatpost.com/cryptologists-zodiac-killer-340-cipher/162353/

UNILAD

• https://www.unilad.com/features/how-the-zodiac-killers-cryptic-code-was-deciphered-by-amateurs-20220815

UNTV Public Service - Philippines

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKlLW6hYG3A

The US Sun

• https://www.the-sun.com/news/1958492/zodiac-killer-cipher-solved-melbourne-mathematician

USA Today

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/11/zodiac-serial-killer-cipher-solved-51-years-after-coded-letter-sent/6514238002/

US News & World Report

• https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2020-12-11/volunteer-sleuths-crack-zodiac-serial-killers-coded-message

Vice

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkd33m/hobbyist-cryptographers-seemingly-solve-infamous-zodiac-killer-cipher
• https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7a3gz/what-a-mathematician-learned-from-cracking-the-zodiac-killers-code

Virginia Tech Engineer

• https://eng.vt.edu/magazine//stories/spring-2020/the-new-cryptographers.html

Wall Street Journal: Cyber Daily

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/cyber-daily-biden-faces-early-test-on-digital-trade-with-eu-privacy-talks-suspected-russian-attack-began-with-ubiquitous-software-11608130819

Washington Post

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/12/11/zodiac-killer-340-cypher-solved/

Web.de (Germany)

• https://web.de/magazine/ratgeber/zodiac-killer-raetselhaften-codes-werk-grausamen-genies-35580324

Wired

• https://www.wired.com/story/zodiac-killers-cipher-finally-cracked-after-51-years/

WISH-TV Indianapolis

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmNIuEFiP8Y

Wolfram

• https://blog.wolfram.com/2021/03/24/the-solution-of-the-zodiac-killers-340-character-cipher/ (blog post written by Sam Blake)

Yahoo

• https://news.yahoo.com/zodiac-killer-cipher-cracked-decades-002329735.html