Three codes were hidden in the HTML source of the THE STATUES – II post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] nehsfte88kisilyforgfonuemh
[2] eefef9eeefadfa9ef8efaeebef7efaf68eeffa8fa9fafeefedf
[3] htghribsscbpetnsnsnrri
Code #1
Observations
That same old cipher, a bit of a twist and a flashback from the 80’s
Make a 2×13 grid
n |
e |
h |
s |
f |
t |
e |
8 |
8 |
k |
i |
s |
i |
l |
y |
f |
o |
r |
g |
f |
o |
n |
u |
e |
m |
h |
Reverse every other row
n |
e |
s |
h |
f |
t |
8 |
e |
8 |
k |
s |
i |
i |
l |
f |
y |
o |
r |
f |
g |
o |
n |
e |
u |
m |
h |
Read column 1 going down and column 2 going up
nsf88sifofoem
hungrylikethe
We have the prefix and suffix
nsf88644em
“Hungry like the” is a reference to a song by Duran Duran called Hungry like the wolf which in this case gives the keyword Wolfe
nsf88wolfe644em
Code #2
Observations
Looks like hex, smells like hex…
There are 51 characters which can be grouped in triples
eef ef9 eee fad fa9 ef8 efa eeb ef7 efa f68 eef fa8 fa9 faf eef edf
Look where numbers should fall in the passcode format, they all start with fa
Use Hex Atbash using this index
0123456789abcdef
fedcba9876543210
110 106 111 052 056 107 105 114 108 105 097 110 057 056 050 110 120
Convert decimal to Ascii
njo48kirlian982nx
Code #3
Observations
This is a periodic theme :p
Reverse and make pairs
ir rn sn sn te pb cs sb ir hg th
These are all chemical elements. Get their atomic numbers except for Pb.
77 86 50 50 52 pb 55 51 77 80 90
Convert decimal to Ascii, disregard the Pb for now
MV22473MPZ
Reverse
ZPM37422VM
Pb is lead
zpm37lead422vm
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