Three codes were hidden in the HTML source of the Klue’s True Purpose post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] sqrqqzuuuutssqsrszstswtsrvusuyuxtusq
[2] dxK51Knptdre872wa
[3] ceessixfnmegtitfvhfvaoetielunnvmirev
Code #1
Observations
36 letters in the upper range of the alphabet
Atbash is interesting
hjijjaffffghhjhihahghdghiefhfbfcgfhj
We now have letters ranging from A to J. Convert letters to numbers using a=0
798990555567797870767367845751526579
Make pairs
79 89 90 55 55 67 79 78 70 76 73 67 84 57 51 52 65 79
Convert decimal to Ascii
OYZ77CONFLICT934AO
Code #2
Observations
Passcode format is there. Bizarre, only K are capital letters.
Atbash and Rot didn’t give anything. Let’s try some morse manipulations
-.. -..- -.- ..... .---- -.- -. .--. - -.. .-. . ---.. --... ..--- .-- .-
Reverse morse
-. --. ---.. ...-- ..--- . .-. ..- - .--. .- -.- ----. ..... -.- -..- ..-
Convert morse to text
NG832ERUTPAK95KXU
Reverse
UXK59KAPTURE238GN
Change both K to C
uxc59capture238gn
Code #3
Observations
36 letters, you can see the word six in there. An old favorite will help you.
Make a 6×6 grid
c |
e |
e |
s |
s |
i |
x |
f |
n |
m |
e |
g |
t |
i |
t |
f |
v |
h |
f |
v |
a |
o |
e |
t |
i |
e |
l |
u |
n |
n |
v |
m |
i |
r |
e |
v |
Read going down from the upper left C
cxtfivefivementalismfourseveneightnv
cxt55mentalism478nv
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