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Adm_BlackCat
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 		[Trailhead]Crows Crows Crows
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, And The Terribly Cursed Emerald
Report A.807
(Concerning The Series Of Peculiar Disappearances Across Europe Over The Course Of The Late Summer)

http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:50 am
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Billy Brown
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 		I was just coming here to post this myself! I've found the redacted invoice but other than that I haven't got too far with it. I'm currently stumped on the numbers at the foot of each page.

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njberry
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 		hmmm ill start having a look at this Smile where did you find the invoice

PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:46 am
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Billy Brown
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 		Invoice solution:

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The other items in the list of contents have a URL with a number in e.g. http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/1.html

So, trying to follow the format takes you to:

http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/4.html

...and the binary on that page deciphers to elgar-INVOICE.html


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Zaratustra
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 		http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/letterfromrome.html

goes to lettersfromlyon.html, which goes to an error message.

The text on that screen is the invoice, encoded on base64, two hexadecimal keys of unknown purpose, and a reference to

http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/admin.html

the hex key on THAT page reads "sounds/boot.mp3"

http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/sounds/boot.mp3 lots of nice static there

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Adm_BlackCat
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 		lettersfromlyon.html redirects to http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/mayflower-error.html which contains the error message referred above. Among the data is this (emphasis added):
Quote:
ERROR
PLEASE CONTACT AN ADMINISTRATOR
* 00110000e définit aussi bien par ses comédies que par ses élans sincères.
* g[$_RUN['admin.html']]

The bold parts are HTML code for é and è. Making that section:
Quote:
définit aussi bien par ses comédies que par ses élans sincères.

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From Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus".
Un homme se définit aussi bien par ses comédies que par ses élans sincères.
Translation: A man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.


Edit: boot.mp3 is SSTV. I don't have access to the proper tools ATM.
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Haigen
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Edit: boot.mp3 is SSTV. I don't have access to the proper tools ATM.


http://imgur.com/reRZ6aG

There you go Smile

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Zaratustra
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 		Hmm, a boat in a very distinct style.

On a second look, it appears to be -sinking-, you can see the reflection on the "water" underneath.



PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:45 pm
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Suspect
Boot


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Zaratustra wrote:
The text on that screen is the invoice, encoded on base64, two hexadecimal keys of unknown purpose


The two unknown keys (dbf10d1395edcb85d1b7900155aba7bd and 9446ff52e51b43de0dba108ca92c4a54) look like md5 hashes. The "duplicate object" message suggests that as well, as digital object storage systems often refer to files/chunks of data by hashes of their contents.

On loading admin.html, a few lines flicker into view around U0hJUDogMDgvMzE= ("SHIP: 08/31"). Maybe that's a clue - is there a set of 31 ships in which the eighth sunk? Or a sinking that took place on August 31?

edit: There was a ship called the Mayflower that sank in 1912.

edit 2: I think "SHIP: 08/31" probably refers to the date the items were shipped, not an identifier for the ship carrying them. August 31 fits between when Lia Paternoster was contacted (8/30) and when she disappeared (9/2) on the timeline. The invoice mentions "1 elevator grade winch and counterweight", and a "paternoster" is a type of passenger elevator.

edit 3: d'oh, got the login.

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Username: Elizabeth Martinez ("REP" from the invoice)
Password: 1868 6263 2469 5948 (on the bottom of every report page)

Kinda disappointing, honestly. But there's lots of new content on messages.html. Most messages have links, but some are "archived". But they're still accessible if you plug their number into http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/message-###.html


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Suspect
Boot


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 		More SSTV:

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Accessing one of the archived messages leads to signature.mp3, another SSTV image: https://i.imgur.com/UW3Ho82.png

Hot air balloons! There seems to be a "modes of transportation" theme going on...


edit: And another find from the hidden messages:

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#5345872 has signature.png attached. The bottom half resembles mayflower-noise.png from the error page, which I thought looked suspicious! Playing around with them right now.


edit: Leading to another solve...

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Overlaying the two images with 50% opacity produces this: https://i.imgur.com/uofXnwY.png

Isolated for readability: https://i.imgur.com/x7lnLUu.png - a filename! Pointing to 74647075756a66.mp3 on the site.

Some ambient music with SSTV audio in the right channel, starting at ~58 seconds in. Isolating this and running it through the decoder produces: https://i.imgur.com/NAYJqAd.png - a screenshot resembling previews of the developers' new game. Among other things, there's a phone keypad, which could be a hint. The hex on the lefthand side decodes to "cecil", which is 23245 on a phone pad...


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Haigen
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Suspect wrote:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Username: Elizabeth Martinez ("REP" from the invoice)
Password: 1868 6263 2469 5948 (on the bottom of every report page)

Kinda disappointing, honestly. But there's lots of new content on messages.html. Most messages have links, but some are "archived". But they're still accessible if you plug their number into http://crowscrowscrows.com/report/message-###.html


Hope linking to reddit is allowed. Here's a post summarizing some of the important info in that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/crowscrowscrows/comments/3pe7ia/new_information_including_login_info/

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Suspect
Boot


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Haigen wrote:
https://www.reddit.com/r/crowscrowscrows/comments/3pe7ia/new_information_including_login_info/


Looks like we've both reached the same point, then. My SSTV images aren't coming out distorted like that, though - which decoder are you using (I'm using MMSSTV), and are you isolating the SSTV audio before trying to decode it?

You can find cleaner versions of the decoded images in my previous posts.

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Haigen
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Suspect wrote:
Haigen wrote:
https://www.reddit.com/r/crowscrowscrows/comments/3pe7ia/new_information_including_login_info/


Looks like we've both reached the same point, then. My SSTV images aren't coming out distorted like that, though - which decoder are you using (I'm using MMSSTV), and are you isolating the SSTV audio before trying to decode it?

You can find cleaner versions of the decoded images in my previous posts.


Whats the best way to isolate it? I've just been running the audio and using sound mixer. Also using MMSSTV.

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Boot


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 		I'm using Audacity. Here's my process for 74647075756a66.mp3: https://imgur.com/a/ZO7ui

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Haigen
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Suspect wrote:
I'm using Audacity. Here's my process for 74647075756a66.mp3: https://imgur.com/a/ZO7ui


Cheers, will definitely help for future endeavours Very Happy

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