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Cicada outguess duck7/31/2023 ![]() This song was published and produced by Cicada 3301 for the real-life challenge. The link from the previous section redirects to a soundcloud music track, the name of which is the solution to the final challenge. It was also assumed that spaces are not counted although punctuation are. For instance, I:1:6 means line 1, character 6. To crack the code, use the instructions from the output earlier. This was also used as part of the Cicada 3301 challenge. This contains text from a book called Liber AL vel Legis by Aleister Crowley, which means The Book of the Law. URKvgl0/nZumrPQYbB1roxAaCMtlMoIOvwcyldO0iOQ/2iD4Y0L4sTL7ojq2UYwXīCotrhYv1srzBIOh+8vuBhV9ROnf/gab4tJII063EmztkBJ+HLfst0qZFAPHQG22Īt first glance, it looks like the hash is SHA1 but this is incorrect. MSCS1Bx91z7uYOo2QwtRaxNs69beSSy+oWBef4uTir8Q6WmgJpmzgmeG7ttEHqujĦ9CLSOWOm6Yc6qixsZy7ZkYDrSVrPwpAZdEXip7OHST5QE/Rd1M8RWCOODba16Lu YyrAT5C+gs53YhOD圎Y0T9M2fam5AgUIWrMQa3oTRHSoNAefrDuOE7YtPy40j7kkĥ/5RztmAzeEdRd8QS1ktHMezXEhdDP/DEdIJCLT5eA27VnTY4+x1Ag9tsDFuitY4ĢkEaVtCrf/36JAAwEcwOg2B/stdjXe10RHFStY0N9wQdReW3yAOBohvtOubicbYY SLKjpc2Go98BWGReikDLS4PpkjX962L4Q3TZyzGenjJSUAEcyoHVINbqvK1sMvE5ĩlBPmsdBMDPreA8oAZ3cbwtI3QuOFi3tY2qI5sJ7GSfUgiuI6FVVYTU/iXhXbHtLīoY4Sql5y7GaZ65cmH0eA6/418d9K元Qq3qkTcM/tRAHhOZFMZfT42nsbcvZ2sWi IQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQ5QoZAAoJEBgfAeV6NQkPf2IQAKWgwI5EC33Hzje+YfeaLf6m Use positive integers to go forward in the text use negative integers to go backwards in the text. The link from the previous challenge reveals the following text: Scanning the QR code gives the link, which is the answer to the first challenge: To find the solution, add a spectogram:įor some reason I could not scan the QR code in the format above, so I added a white-on-black filter: Listening to the file will not reveal anything special. Opening Sonic Visualizer and importing the 3301.wav audio file shows the waveform: ![]() Use Sonic Visualizer to analyze the audio Two files are given as part of the challenge: The third challenge still remains unsolved and Cicada 3301 has remained silence since it was issued. The purpose of the puzzles were to find and recruit “highy intelligent individuals” who wish to improve cryptography, privacy and anonymity online. Cicada 3301 is the name given to the organisation who issued the challenges. ![]() A second challenge began a year later with the third and final round the consecutive year. ![]() The real-life challenge was originally set on January 4th 2012, on 4chan and ran for around a month. This challenge uses a mix of intermediate steganography and cryptography techniques as well as using the same methods from the real-life challenge. This challenge is based on the same real-life internet puzzle by the same name. Cicada’s ‘Planned Parenthood’ pastebin message conceals the. Planned Parenthood Cyberterrorism Refutation. This is my writeup for the Cicada 3301 Vol. Its words are the map, their meaning is the road, and their numbers are the direction. ![]()
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