thawte has launched the eighth Crypto Challenge competition. Be the quickest and first to crack the code and win a Garmin GPS Map. Runner’s up prizes of a Viking 32MB USB Storage Device are also up for grabs.

The Crypto Challenge is a fun, ongoing competition aimed at cipher hobbyists. The mysterious cipher genius Mr. X develops the Crypto Challenges to be cracked. To challenge your cracking skills further, a weekly Lunch Hour Challenge will also be released and available on the thawte Web site.

The Crypto Challenge and Lunch Hour Challenge sites have a log of past Challenges, the winners of previous codes which were cracked and solutions, as well as interesting information surrounding Cryptography and its development. Click here to enter and crack the code…