Three codes were found hidden in the HTML source of the Jahan responds to Acolyte post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] 536295294837573075851535163630648515305072952951
[2] 91717191707140408180328151414101424080607091814012403181401240318171
[3] 74rstefrepnoitcvq387
Code #1
Observations
All numbers nothing good for Ascii range. We’ll need to dig in a bit further to find the cipher.
[hint]Beep beep bip[/hint]
Making pairs didn’t give anything that could make sense. I then wondered if morse reverse or swap would give a better range. Let’s convert the string to morse
..... ...-- -.... ..--- ----. ..... ..--- ----. ....- ---.. ...-- --... ..... --... ...-- ----- --... ..... ---.. ..... .---- ..... ...-- ..... .---- -.... ...-- -.... ...-- ----- -.... ....- ---.. ..... .---- ..... ...-- ----- ..... ----- --... ..--- ----. ..... ..--- ----. ..... .----
It didn’t take long by seeing this to spot the cipher. Notice the distribution of dots and dashes ? Groups by pairs of dots and dashes and count how many there are to get the decimal value
........---83
......-------67
........-------87
.....----.54
....----54
........--82
......---------69
........---83
........----84
........--82
......-----65
.......---73
.......--------78
........----84
........----84
........-------87
.....-------57
.....-------57
........-------87
.......----74
Now this is much better for Ascii range
83 67 87 54 54 82 69 83 84 82 65 73 78 84 84 87 57 57 87 74
Convert decimal to Ascii
SCW66RESTRAINTTW99WJ
Change the TW to 2
scw66restraint299wj
Making pairs didn’t give anything that could make sense. I then wondered if morse reverse or swap would give a better range. Let’s convert the string to morse
..... ...-- -.... ..--- ----. ..... ..--- ----. ....- ---.. ...-- --... ..... --... ...-- ----- --... ..... ---.. ..... .---- ..... ...-- ..... .---- -.... ...-- -.... ...-- ----- -.... ....- ---.. ..... .---- ..... ...-- ----- ..... ----- --... ..--- ----. ..... ..--- ----. ..... .----
It didn’t take long by seeing this to spot the cipher. Notice the distribution of dots and dashes ? Groups by pairs of dots and dashes and count how many there are to get the decimal value
........---83
......-------67
........-------87
.....----.54
....----54
........--82
......---------69
........---83
........----84
........--82
......-----65
.......---73
.......--------78
........----84
........----84
........-------87
.....-------57
.....-------57
........-------87
.......----74
Now this is much better for Ascii range
83 67 87 54 54 82 69 83 84 82 65 73 78 84 84 87 57 57 87 74
Convert decimal to Ascii
SCW66RESTRAINTTW99WJ
Change the TW to 2
scw66restraint299wj
Code #2
Observations
All numbers again, notice how 1 and 0 are repeating.
[hint]look at it the other way round[/hint]
As usual, making pairs always help
91 71 71 91 70 71 40 40 81 80 32 81 51 41 41 01 42 40 80 60 70 91 81 40 12 40 31 81 40 12 40 31 81 71
Notice how the last numbers are always 0, 1 or 2?
Reverse the string
17 18 13 04 21 04 18 13 04 21 04 18 19 07 06 08 04 24 10 14 14 15 18 23 08 18 04 04 17 07 19 17 17 19
Looks like the range is between 00 and 25, convert numbers to letters (0=a)
RSNEVESNEVESTHGIEYKOOPSXISEERHTRRT
Reverse
TRRTHREESIXSPOOKYEIGHTSEVENSEVENSR
trr36spooky877sr
As usual, making pairs always help
91 71 71 91 70 71 40 40 81 80 32 81 51 41 41 01 42 40 80 60 70 91 81 40 12 40 31 81 40 12 40 31 81 71
Notice how the last numbers are always 0, 1 or 2?
Reverse the string
17 18 13 04 21 04 18 13 04 21 04 18 19 07 06 08 04 24 10 14 14 15 18 23 08 18 04 04 17 07 19 17 17 19
Looks like the range is between 00 and 25, convert numbers to letters (0=a)
RSNEVESNEVESTHGIEYKOOPSXISEERHTRRT
Reverse
TRRTHREESIXSPOOKYEIGHTSEVENSEVENSR
trr36spooky877sr
Code #3
Observations
All the ingredients are there, you guessed it: same old same old
Make a 5×4 grid
74rst
efrep
noitv
vq387
Read left starting at the upper right T
tsr47perfection783qv
Make a 5×4 grid
74rst
efrep
noitv
vq387
Read left starting at the upper right T
tsr47perfection783qv
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