Does anyone remember the mysterious messages about 15 or 20 years ago I think where you had to solve puzzles and each puzzle led to another and another with the result being you were asked to join some exclusive intelligence or hacking group? I remember reading the story or maybe it was a video (probably have it saved somewhere) of this maybe 2 years long operation but I cant recall any details.

But when I see people finding stuff like this I think that they have been preparing the autists for quite some time. I remember audio analysis and code breaking being a big part of the puzzles. The op was an early internet sensation but after a year or so only the most dogged autists were still playing.