Identified author

Published date : Jan. 4, 2020, 12:16 a.m.
Hill Cipher - Known plaintext
Our spy has intercepted this message. It contains the meeting place of double agents working for our enemies. Unfortunately, we haven't decrypted it yet.

The only hint we have is the name of the author that our spy has been able to identify: BROWN.

Good luck.

PS: the flag is 42CTF{THEPLACEOFMEETING}

Solved by

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reveng https://twitter.com/revengsh 750 Jan. 4, 2020, 3:57 a.m.
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Unactive 420 Jan. 25, 2021, 2:10 p.m.
arpascal https://arnaud.sh 1505 Jan. 27, 2021, 10:49 p.m.
molivier 465 April 17, 2021, 2:53 a.m.
Yir 830 Oct. 17, 2021, 9:38 p.m.
42stillsucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfTAv8htci8 960 Oct. 29, 2021, 9:28 p.m.
00101010 905 Dec. 24, 2021, 4:27 p.m.
lmartin 965 March 8, 2022, 5:45 p.m.
nieyraud 785 March 8, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
S_in https://twitter.com/sin_infosec 805 March 9, 2022, 11:48 p.m.
clinche https://github.com/clinche 1690 March 17, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
tpeters 150 June 12, 2022, 1:16 p.m.
Nyr 175 Oct. 16, 2022, 3:11 p.m.
riblanc 1145 Feb. 19, 2023, 1:02 p.m.
Syca https://cyrihack.fr 1215 April 6, 2023, 5:29 p.m.
asarandi https://github.com/asarandi 1690 May 23, 2023, 12:30 a.m.
Nics 95 June 2, 2023, 1:03 p.m.
eclypse666 475 Aug. 31, 2023, 10:39 p.m.
hsabir-xoreaxeax https://github.com/lenartlola 1385 Sept. 27, 2023, 11:50 a.m.
albaud https://github.com/Gymnopediese 590 Oct. 13, 2023, 12:34 p.m.
Ardcord 1140 Oct. 22, 2023, 11:09 a.m.
Narmand 90 Nov. 14, 2023, 5:20 p.m.
Nochance 110 Nov. 17, 2023, 6 p.m.
MinjaeLee https://github.com/MinjeaLee 1605 Sept. 26, 2024, 10:56 a.m.
BenJ4368 135 Nov. 15, 2024, 1:36 p.m.
a8ymgi01w@mozmail.com 140 Nov. 15, 2024, 1:36 p.m.
chabrune 80 Nov. 15, 2024, 1:43 p.m.
UncleReaton https://unclereaton.dev 645 March 23, 2025, 12:18 a.m.
ikkiw 935 May 23, 2025, 1:45 p.m.
altaubee https://github.com/taubeskiceh 100 Aug. 17, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Dueshell 400 Dec. 10, 2025, 7:09 p.m.
bouliboula 890 Dec. 11, 2025, 9:50 a.m.
skav https://www.logogenie.fr 1650 Jan. 7, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
paulo-do 205 March 5, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
timatias https://github.com/tiagomatias930/tiagomatias930 820 March 22, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
Aoniii https://github.com/Aoniii 990 April 3, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
joabotel 270 April 15, 2026, 7:10 p.m.