Three codes were found hidden in the An Unexpected Change post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] 381151434509433943461145465257314611065346450337
[2] 204-255-000-178-236-093-000-020-168-118-255-122-044-022-008-255-222-173-019-136-008-179-139-109-080-200-120-220-220-220-110-127-128-255-064-064-239-204-000-197-179-088-228-113-122-100-084-082-218-145-000-255-000-255-101-067-033-236-213-064
[3] bguvrytrhdbgtrqdyhtwonrwfxyhsskz
Code #1
Observations
48 numbers, nothing pointing to decimal. Pairs range from 00 to 53.
[hint]You’ll NeEd 2 fInd THe iNDex==[/hint]
Spoiler
There are 24 pairs and number are ranging from 00 to 53. 24 can be divided by 4 which would make it a good candidate for Base64. We just need this index
Make pairs
38 11 51 43 45 09 43 39 43 46 11 45 46 52 57 31 46 11 06 53 46 45 03 37
Find their corresponding Base64 characters in the index provided above
mLzrtJrnruLtu05fuLG1utDl
Base64 passcode strings usually start with a capital M or N. Swap cases
MlZRTjRNRUlTU05FUlg1UTdL
Convert Base64 to Ascii
2VQN4MEISSNERX5Q7K
Code #2
Observations
60 numbers ranging from 000 to 255.
[hint]Hope you know the right names for the colours of the rainbow[/hint]
Spoiler
000 to 255 can represent RGB values for colours. To make it easier convert the RGB values to Hex.
Ex.: 204-255-000 = ccff00
Once you have all the Hex values you need to find the corresponding colour name. Some have many names, the best index can be found here
| Hex |
Name |
ccff00 |
Fluorescent yellow |
b2ec5d |
Inchworm |
0014a8 |
Zaffre |
76ff7a |
Screamin' Green |
2c1608 |
Zinnwaldite Brown |
ffdead |
NavajoWhite |
138808 |
India Green |
b38b6d |
Light Taupe |
50c878 |
Emerald Paris Green |
dcdcdc |
Gainsboro |
6e7f80 |
AuroMetalSaurus |
ff4040 |
Coral Red |
efcc00 |
Yellow (Munsell) |
c5b358 |
Vegas Gold |
e4717a |
Tango pink |
645452 |
Wenge |
da9100 |
Harvest gold |
ff00ff |
Fuchsia |
654321 |
Otter Brown |
ecd540 |
Sandstorm |
Now take the first letter of each colour name
fizsznilegacyvtwhfos
5zsz9legacyv2h4s
Code #3
Observations
32 letters, go through your normal routine of ciphers.
[hint]Felix Delastelle might give you a hand[/hint]
Spoiler
Well after Atbash, ROT, Rectangle and morse don’t give anything, there are always 2 ciphers that we seem to forget and make you facepalm yourself: Bifid and Playfair.
Bifid gives
eightyzbsixstruggleseightsthreeu
8yzb6struggles8s3u
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