Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t without its unsolved mysteries. Between the seemingly unsolved FF06B5 enigma and the lasting impact of cryptic quests like the Peralez storyline, plenty of cybersleuths are still hard at work on the streets of Night City trying to uncover the game’s secrets. Fittingly, A recent social media post by official Cyberpunk accounts has led fans on another strange quest for truth, and it centers a strange, unlisted video that, at first glance, looks to be just 24 minutes of uninterrupted static.
On September 1, 2025, CD Projekt Red shared an image of an in-universe recruitment message from Rosalind Myers, president of Cyberpunk’s fictional NUSA (New United States of America). Over at the decaying corpse of Twitter known as X, the official Cyberpunk 2077 account threw cold water on any notion that this post was a teaser for new content, clarifying that it was simply “part of an activity tied to the Phantom Liberty anniversary [the studio’s] celebrating this month.” But fans convinced there was something more to this message were on to something.
As documented by ArcticXWolf on Reddit, the binary of the image had a link that points to an image of a Roman coin. Using the anonymous messaging platform secretMSG, the link redirects to the unlisted YouTube video mentioned earlier, titled “Secret Message from NUSA,” which seemingly contains nothing more than 24 minutes and 53 seconds of static. Despite my affinity for avant-garde works of art, even I don’t think it’s very pleasant to listen to.
Things get a little weird from here on out. Select frames from this video can be seen to spell out the words “FILES DETECTED CLASSIFIED.” Unfortunately, this seems to be the last concrete, provable thing anyone’s sussed out thus far. Some have turned to LLMs for help–which (shocker!) isn’t turning up anything meaningful. Others have pointed to a possible similarity between this cryptic static video and something apparently hidden in the Edgerunners 2 teaser, which may or may not have something to do with Cyberpunk’s space-exploration-themed conspiracies. And yet another well-read fan quoted the opening line of William Gibson’s classic cyberpunk novel Neuromancer:
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
Spooky stuff! The cryptic video remains unlisted and no social media accounts from Cyberpunk 2077 or CD Projekt Red actually seem to have given any more clues. Cyberpunk 2077’s stories are often at their best when there’s a mystery to unravel, so this is cool and on-brand. Now hopefully someone figures this one out, as well as whatever the hell the true meaning of FF06B5 is.