Last Thursday we posted the solve to step 3 of the WOTD LEET code. This week we will guide you through the 4th and final step.
Step 3 finished with a link to this site which included long strings of letters and numbers and an extra line of numbers.
These strings might look a bit strange but again, think in LEET terms. The way out is to use a cryptogram cipher by reconstructing the alphabet using leetspeak. Here in the index:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
48cd3f6hijk1mn0pqr57uvwxy2olzeasgtb9
Convert all the strings to get
87DDA20416649F2A6A1B03D4E13D48A80B1A357F
9A5D56716D566997FA290054D161AF96305AFF9A
44A9713350E53858F058463D4BF7F1E542D9CA4B
B6478D7CF0D7A93A1E6EFA54F67B6D0DC8B52FC0
348A3C4A81EA6081E50DD1888D577FDA55D8E4F6
A466C76CD672EDAB84751755194C4AFFA28F4E93
These are all valid hex strings. They all have 40 bits which is good for SHA-1 hash. These can be decrypted using available tools on the internet to get
co
bin
crypto
s4l4
dot
j6w3
From this we get
We now need a final passcode to Unbit It!
From the previous puzzle we still have 13843533399559469 to decode
Get the prime factors for this number
31337*441763200037
The first term we can recognize as the term “Elite” in leetspeak
The second one needs to be converted from epoch time to human time
GMT: Sunday, January 1, 1984 12:00:00.037 AM
We now have 31337 & 1984. Searching on google for these two terms we get
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow
The password is cultofthedeadcow to get
Agent, be sure to congratulate JoJo on WotD #1337 when you submit this code!
L3e7LeetL3et
And the rewards looked like this
