Activity: Chapter 12 Encrypted Messages
Decoding – Caesar Cipher and Pigpen Cipher
Instructions: As a group, decipher the encrypted message using the specified key or cipher.
Please type the decoded message using Canvas Collaborations (thru Google Docs).
Single Shift Caesar Cipher (50 Points)
Key:
Sample:
From: S-H-A-M-P-O-O
To: T-I-B-N-Q-P-P
Encoded Message:
"Cjmmz Sbz't Qbxo Tipq boe Mbxo Npxfs Sfqbjs mpplfe mjlf b cvsjbm hspvoe gps dpvousz
bvdujpo sfkfdut. Uif cmbajoh, sfe, ejftfm gvfm ubolt cfbnfe jo gspou pg uif tubujpo, mppljoh
mjlf difbq mjqtujdl bhbjotu uif qbmmje, xsjolmfe ufyuvsf pg uif qbsljoh mpu tboe. Uif zbse, opu
nvdi mbshfs uibo uif foe apof bu Hfofsbm H. Qbuupo Ijhi Tdippm po uif opsui foe pg upxo, xbt
gsbnfe xjui b svtufe nfubmmjd ifehf pg mbxo npxfst, cbobob tfbu cjdzdmft, boe dpsspefe pjm
esvnt. Ju xbto'u b dbmjdp gsbnf pg svtufe qbsut, cvu sbuifs bo psdiftusb pg voxboufe nbdijofsz
uibu Cjmmz Sbz ibe bssbohfe joup tfdujpot. Uif zfmmpx-ubolfe npxfst sftufe tjmfoumz bu uif
sjhiu pg uif ejftfm gvfm. Podf sfe, opx gbefe psbohf, npxfst tuppe bu buufoujpo up uif mfgu. Uif
pjm cbssfmt, kbefe boe qjfsdfe xjui ipmft, cfmmbsfe mjlf dijnft xifo uif xjoe xbt sjhiu. Uif cjlft
sftufe tqpsbejdbmmz uispvhipvu uif mpu. Jo uif njeemf pg ju bmm xbt uif pggjdf, b gbefe, tuffm
sppg tvqqpsufe cz difbq uxp-cz-gpvst boe afcsb qbofmjoh. Cjmmz Sbz xbt bu ipnf, vtvbmmz,
gjwf cmpdlt fbtu pg upxo po Lfoofm Spbe."
Activity: Chapter 12 Encrypted Messages
Decoding – Caesar Cipher and Pigpen Cipher
Pigpen Cipher (50 points)
Key:
Sample:
Activity: Chapter 12 Encrypted Messages
Decoding – Caesar Cipher and Pigpen Cipher
Encrypted Message:
(Note: the spaces between words are not reflected in this document, please include the
spaces on your final decoded message.)
Activity: Chapter 12 Encrypted Messages
Decoding – Caesar Cipher and Pigpen Cipher