One million american dollars to be won from mystery twister

Register now for the "Mystery Twister" worldwide competitiononline

BERLIN, 12.05.2003 (ots/PROTEXT) - Registrations are nowbeing accepted for the Mystery Twister worldwide internetcompetition with over 1,000,000 US$ prize money atwww.mysterytwister.com. At the same time, the planning team atCadac GmbH and SecWare AG have announced that the starting datefor Mystery Twister is now only a few weeks away.

Mario Ahlberg, the project manager responsible for MysteryTwister, says: "These days nearly everybody is talking about ITsecurity, encryption and smart cards on the internet.Understandably, these concepts frighten many people away. MysteryTwister shows what lies behind these concepts and makes themeasier to understand." He also points out: "Until now, similarcompetitions were mainly designed for experts and were more asideline rather than anything else, Mystery Twister, on the otherhand, is aimed at all internet users: beginners as well asexperts, professionals as well as amateur surfers."

The competition consists of twelve puzzles to be solved, andseeks to make information on the history, current state of theart and news on the subject of "cryptology" entertaining. Thereare attractive prizes to be won at every stage of the game. Intotal there is 1,000,000 US$ prize money on offer. For eachindividual player, it costs 99 cents to take part in each stageof the game. Some of this revenue goes to a charity foundationfor supporting educational measures. The final of the competitionis an attempt to decode a secret text which is encrypted by aprocedure from SecWare Technologies. In this way Mystery Twisterbrings together science, education and entertainment in aspellbinding and fascinating way.

SecWare Technologies AG is the leading manufacturer anddeveloper of maximum security VPN gateways, ISDN encryptionsystems as well as designer of crypto chips, accelerator boardsand key management software.

Cadac GmbH is one of the leading system houses forintegration of highly available IT solutions based on open,networked computer systems using maximum high-performancesecurity products. More information can be found at:www.mysterytwister.com.

ots Original Text Service: Cadac GmbH

Internet: http://www.presseportal.de

Contact Mystery Twister:

Soeren Heinze

Communications Director

Tel.: +49. (0)30. 246 30-509

Fax.:+49. (0)30. 246 30-246

e-Mail: s.heinze@mysterytwister.com

www.mysterytwister.com

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