Three codes were hidden in the HTML source of the Hank Johnson: The Hydra post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] 4qor89theoge42tawq
[2] auvrfuuvphedbsiqthysxnwg
[3] %1(5*sr10ute1010%s#
Code #1
Observations
Yep, same old cipher that’s been overused lately
Make a 6×3 grid
4 |
q |
o |
r |
8 |
9 |
t |
h |
e |
o |
g |
e |
4 |
2 |
t |
a |
w |
q |
Reorder columns as 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3
r |
8 |
9 |
4 |
q |
o |
o |
g |
e |
t |
h |
e |
a |
w |
q |
4 |
2 |
t |
Read from the bottom left A
awq42together894qo
Code #2
Observations
Dancing is so easy: One step back, one step forward
Alternate between rot-1 and rot+1
zvusevtwoideathrsixtwovh
zvu72idea362vh
Code #3
Observations
Symbols, numbers, letters… Count the symbols to find what they could be
Those numbers can convert to roman numerals
%i(v*srxutexx%s#
There are exactly 5 symbols, let’s convert them to their respective numbers on the keyboard
5i9v8srxutexx5s3
Make a 4×4 grid
5 |
i |
9 |
v |
8 |
s |
r |
x |
u |
t |
e |
x |
x |
5 |
s |
3 |
Read going down from the upper right V
vxx39resist558ux
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