Three codes appeared hidden throughout the Disaster Strikes post on Investigate.Ingress [1] 5u3nomad4k7w
[2] 92w689i697e6869497y297o6f1kG9389i2929292s28796j6b2z4i391e3
[3] 6otl9dksui2d0k
Code #1
Observations
Exactly 4 numbers in the string, however it does not match the passcode pattern. There is also a possible keyword substitution in the center of the string.
There are two substitutions that need to be performed here:
The letter in the prefix, “u”, needs to be replaced with a word that would fit the format of the prefix letters. The word “you” is the substitution.
“Nomad” is also not a known keyword and must be substituted. A google search will reveal that the Niantic character Dr. Henry “Hank” Johnson is the star of the archeology based reality series, NOMAD. The keyword “hank” is the substitution.
Finally, the first letter in the suffix is obtained through a fairly recent technique in which the last letter of the keyword section is used twice. In this case, we keep the “d” from “nomad.”
5you3hankd4k7w
Code #2
Observations
Numbers, letters and weirdly one capital letter. Maybe there is too much noise in that code !
Remove the numbers wieyofkGisjbzie
This seems to make much more sense and already numbers start to appear.
Reverse eizbjsiGkfoyeiw
8zbj6Gk4y8w
Need to find the substitution for G
The answer can be found on Wikipedia as Gravity
8zbj6gravityk4y8w
Not sure what the remaining numbers could mean.
Update From 近藤大介 (@kon5000)
Take all numbers
9268969768694972976193892929292287966243913
Atbash numbers (1 to 9 / 9 to 1)
1842141342416138134917218181818823144867197
Convert numbers to letters (a=0)
SEVENEYQNINEJRVISSSIXOEIGHTH
7eyq9jarviss6o8h
Code #3
Observations
The passcode format is there, just need to find the right transformation.
Atbash and ROT didn’t give anything. A few cipher are left but Morse is one of Niantic’s favorite.
Convert the string to morse -.... --- - .-.. ----. -.. -.- ... ..- .. ..--- -.. ----- -.-
