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notgordian
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 		[Trailhead] Failtech
Future Advancements and Innovations Laboratories Technologies
Received a tip with the following URL, along with a website that includes a screenshot of the Google ad triggering the whole kit 'n caboodle, and will presumably include a summary of events as those occur.

http://www.failtechnologies.com/
https://sites.google.com/site/failtechmystery/

In the source code:

Quote:
HELP ME! /FAIL /FAIL /FAIL
DON'T LET HER KNOW YOU'RE HERE


That'll take you to the logical next step.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:44 am
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cherrytree98765
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 		I would hope so and going to the next step brings

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
LAINSY SAYS : I dont know what you are up to. Whatever you are looking for is NOT HERE I dont accept orders from anonymous people. I only accept orders from Security Clearance Level 10 and above.

PROTOCOL 6 : SECURITY LOCKDOWN ACTIVE

ADMIN ACCESS LOCKDOWN /admin


Which brings us to

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/*access level* e.g. /L1 for Level 1 access

>> OVERRIDE: ADMIN SECTION UNLOCKED

>> OVERRIDE: Level 1 seems to be available, however, I can't access
Level 2 and above. It seems LAINSY has reset the codes.
Either that, or she has locked us out of the system from
inside. Only people outside can access.


and i'm still trying to get to the next part.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:37 am
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Serpent
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 		This intrigues me. The pages won't load for me, however.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:52 am
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Minz
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 		Here is a stage we missed, there might be more, poking around a bit for now Smile

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
typing in an invalid directory leads to :
http://failtechnologies.com/fail/?error=404
removing the error part yields
http://failtechnologies.com/fail/
which cherrytree98765 already posted the contents of.
Trying out some other error-codes gives us some backstory, additional information :
http://failtechnologies.com/fail/?error=500
http://failtechnologies.com/fail/?error=403
http://failtechnologies.com/fail/?error=401


Also found :

http://twitter.com/#!/F_A_I_L_TECH

PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:28 am
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cherrytree98765
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 		Yeah we had found some of those, but not I think 1 of the others.

Still finding nothing on the Username and Password. Urgh. I feel like I should know it but don't.

Nice find on the twitter though! I had searched for it before, but I obviously failed at that.

Trying to get to /lainsy seems to direct to the 403 page which you get if you try to go beyond L2. Interesting.

I've also tweeted about trying to crack Level 1 with the failtech hashtag. Maybe that will get us something.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:44 am
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godofchicken
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 		Finally hoping to get in at ground level on an ARG - been lurking for a while but never posted!

It couldn't have anything to do with the message on the error pages, could it? Some words are in full caps after all...


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
>> OVERRIDE : What are these ERRORS for? Everything should be OK and we will get help.


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godder
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 		Been lurking for a while. Think I'll quit lurking and get in on some of the action. If you put in ...fail/?error=200, which is the http ERROR OK code, you get this message...

Code:
LAINSY has triggered a security lockdown in the FAILTECH Antarctica Facility. Almost all outside communications has been cut-off however we were able to transmit this and small burst of signal to the website´s mirror server. The signal is something LAINSY cant understand, however, most of us in the Space Communications Reseach will immediately know what it is.

I hope you can help us. We only have limited resources in the facility we dont know what LAINSY will do to us. She seemed to have acquired some virus and made her decide stupid things.

You then can listen to the audio file that was uploaded. It seems to have morse code in it, but it's going really fast. We'll have to slow it down some.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:28 am
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Minz
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 		Woot, nice discovery, I totally overlooked that error code xD

The soundfile
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is divided into 2 channels 1 morsecode and 1 repeating annoying beeping sound.
So far i've isolated the morsecode and now i'm looking for a tool to run it through


PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:11 pm
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Zobot257
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 		This has my attention, for what its worth. I will investigate more after work today.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:49 pm
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punxtr
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 		It seems to be translating in hexadecimal. I'm still decoding it...

Bam!

I figured it out.

Quote:
Welcome to Future Advancements and Innovations Laboratories Technologies or FAILTECH!

Despite the funny short name, we are never a fail. We have been successful in several projects
such as our patented Light Molecular Assembly and Organization (L.M.A.O.) technology, which is proudly
our best project as a result of our excellent researchers and scientist in the Advanced Molecular Physics
department. The technology has then been licensed to Duo Corp. and will be used for one of their future
projects that will mark the new age of gaming. (ref: /L1/LMAO.html)

Other projects has been not very positive in the reception of investors and consumers. However, those
"failed" projects has then bee revised and integrated in other advancements and innovations that FAILTECH
is working on. One of which is the technology we call WhispherTalk. It's a technology where people can
communicate with others by just whisphering or rather "thinking". No matter how far or close the other
person is, he will get to hear the "whispher" of the sender. It has not been well received by investors
and the public, so it has then moved on to be innovated upon for a future space communications network
that is currently worked on by our scientists and researchers in the Space Communications Research
department. (ref: /L1/whispher.html)

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask LAINSY. It can be about your homework, life,
and all other kinds of things. She is proudly one of finest works that is not for sale. She oversees
most of FAILTECH as she is unbiased and logical. We are very proud of her. (ref: /L1/lainsy.html)

Ask her anything by heading to /asklainsy and fire away any questions to her.

-- Fred Don
FAILTECH FOUNDER and OWNER
Check us out at FACEBOOK and TWITTER


New links:
http://www.failtechnologies.com/asklainsy/
http://failtechnologies.com/admin/L1/LMAO.html
http://failtechnologies.com/admin/L1/whispher.html
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:05 pm
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godder
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 		Super job punxtr!!!! You did that way faster than I could have!

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Minz
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 		Welldone!
Since you didn't post it yet :
the user name and password combo is
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
user: dorothy
pass: theozwaiss


the morse code in transcript being :
Code:
....- -.-. ...-- .---- ..... ..... ..--- ----- -.... ....- -.... ..-. --... ..--- -.... ..-. --... ....- -.... ---.. --... ----. ..--- ----- ....- -.-. ...-- ----- ..... ----- ..--- ----- --... ....- -.... ---.. -.... ..... -.... ..-. --... .- --... --... -.... .---- -.... ----. --... ...-- --... ...--

in hex :
Code:
4c 31 55 20 64 6f 72 6f 74 68 79 20 4c 30 50 20 74 68 65 6f 7a 77 61 69 73 73


Also 1 more link for the list :
http://failtechnologies.com/admin/L1/lainsy.html

PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:51 pm
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punxtr
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 		Yes, that's what I got. I normally try and let others figure it out themselves, before I tell them. Half the fun is doing it yourself. It's why I tend to appear as a lurker.

Quote:
....- -.-. ...-- .---- ..... ..... ..--- ----- -.... ....- -.... ..-. --... ..--- -.... ..-. --... ....- -.... ---.. --... ----. ..--- ----- ....- -.-. ...-- .---- ..... ----- ..--- ----- --... ....- -.... ---.. -.... ..... -.... ..-. --... .- --... --... -.... .---- -.... ----. --... ....- --... ...--

4c315520646f726f746879204c3150207468656f7a7761697473

L1U dorothy L1P theozwaits


I've also been trying to figure out the next signal. I... purposefully left out that link.
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Serpent
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 		The second signal sounds familiar to one used in another ARG I was in. They hid an image inside of it. Could that be the same here?

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zeighy
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 		checking the lainsy.html page has a sound file, too! Anyone figured out what that bleeping sound is?

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