The HTML source of the A Vast Emptiness blog post conceals these codes:
[1] werrrxxoccerrwxxocccewxxocccewxxxcccerrrxxoerrwxocccewxxocccrc
[2] lvvydevvvgmpfylvfelwtnsejmmttmvdzslmnmlhmomlo
[3] 110112-4111159231301682-51221311401421511671111-613212015
Code #1
Observations
There is a limited set of letters, also a lot of repetitions and runs of the same letters can be seen.
[hint]
Using Atbash, we find something that looks familiar:
dviiicclxxviidcclxxxvdcclxxxvdcccxxxviiicclviidclxxxvdcclxxxix
[/hint]
Recognize the atbashed ciphertext as concatenated Roman numerals.
Split sensibly…
Latin Numeral |
Decimal Number |
dviii |
508 |
cclxxvii |
277 |
dcclxxxv |
785 |
dcclxxxv |
785 |
dcccxxxviii |
838 |
cclvii |
257 |
dclxxxv |
685 |
dcclxxxix |
789 |
… and put it all back together again:
508277785785838257685789
We know the code should start with a digit from 2 to 9 (ASCII codes 50 to 57), so try pairs of digits:
50 82 77 78 57 85 83 82 57 68 57 89
Translating from ASCII code to letters gives us our final passcode:
2RMN9USR9D9Y
Code #2
No solution is known at time of publishing.
Code #3
No solution is known at time of publishing.
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