Three codes were hidden in the HTML source of the WHERE THERE NEVER WAS A HAT post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] ulfiplygdlxlexlnjurevumrmve
[2] uczfuldkhbdqkcyhxhsiwrsiwg
[3] 4muj3d6zadoz9vef
Code #1
Observations
All letters, go through your usual cipher routine
Spoiler
Atbash gives
fourkobtwocovcomqfivefninev
4kob2covcomq5f9v
Code #2
Observations
Hadn’t seen this in a while, probably the reason why the code stayed live over an hour. Not fair :p
Spoiler
Use a playfair cipher to get
sevkqpeigcathexiscthrmthrb
7kqp8cathexisc3m3b
Code #3
Observations
16 characters with the right amount of numbers for a valid passcode. You’ll need to shift things around
Spoiler
Make a 4×4 grid
4 |
m |
u |
j |
3 |
d |
6 |
z |
a |
d |
o |
z |
9 |
v |
e |
f |
Shift row 2 up by 1, row 3 up by 2 and row 4 up by 3
4 |
d |
o |
f |
3 |
d |
e |
j |
a |
v |
u |
z |
9 |
m |
6 |
z |
4dof3dejavuz9m6z
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