The post “Aegis Nova Anomalies: Scoreboard” on the Investigate Ingress blog, hid three codes inside its source.
[1] 6rr7ekpbh6ek9lx
[2] sietwfrytemarosageeysrslwpasktser
[3] sjdv4efvpr0tsnusnh-j-vwp-l-m
Code #1
Observations
Everything seems to be there, we’ll need to rearrange the code a bit.
[hint]
Look for the keyword, it should show when you are almost there.
[/hint]
Spoiler
Make a grid of 3×5 characters
6 |
r |
r |
7 |
e |
k |
p |
b |
h |
6 |
e |
k |
9 |
l |
x |
Now reverse all the even rows (2, 4)
6 |
r |
r |
k |
e |
7 |
p |
b |
h |
k |
e |
6 |
9 |
l |
x |
Read each column down for the final solve
6kpk9rebelr7h6x
Code #2
Observations
33 letters, starts with SI which could be 6.
[hint]Hard to read once you get the right cipher because of the keyword substitution[/hint]
Spoiler
Make a 3×11 grid
s |
i |
e |
t |
w |
f |
r |
y |
t |
e |
m |
a |
r |
o |
s |
a |
g |
e |
e |
y |
s |
r |
s |
l |
w |
p |
a |
s |
k |
t |
s |
e |
r |
Read from the bottom left S
sersktwparsleysagerosemaryttwfsie
7rsk2 parsley sage rosemary t2f6e
The keyword comes from the Simon and Garfunkel album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Keyword is time
7rsk2timet2f6e
Code #3
Observations
Letters with a few numbers and dashes. Those dashes serve a purpose but only as a modifier
[hint]Count how many letters and numbers are in the string. Is it divisible by 4?[/hint]
Spoiler
Without counting the dashes, there are 24 characters. 24 can be divided by 4 which would indicate Base64. In the past dashes were used to indicate a letter is either uppercase or lowercase.
Base64 passcodes usually begin with M,N, O or P so we need to reverse the string
m-l-pwv-j-hnsunst0rpvfe4vdjs
Covert all letters to uppercase except the ones that are preceded by a dash
MlpWVjhNSUNST0RPVFE4VDJS
Convert Base64 to text
2ZVV8MICRODOTQ8T2R
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