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rowan
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Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966
The Boris & Natasha Game So, sitting in #uf, I saw cather mention that she got an AIM message asking if she was an agent. Being a sucker for talking to characters when I'm utterly bored, I got the AIM name from her and started talking.
My chat with spencertraceback
cather then noted that Pottsylvania is fictional country from Rocky and Bullwinkle. Armed with that knowledge, I started talking to junedahlink / Natasha . I gave her the image, and eventually got out of her a website: http://www.pottsylvania.co.nr/
I dunno who is putting this on - but it made me laugh. Enjoy folks.
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edit: cuz I'm still bored.
Now I know why Rocky & Bullwinkle were always able to beat Boris and Natasha. Boris & Natasha are even dumber than Bullwinkle.
Login Info:
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Note to Evil Goverment Entities - don't put your login and password in the source of your login page.
username: nfatale
pass: boris
Once logged in, you get a few pieces of correspondence for Natasha. One of them is from Boris and it's encrypted.
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It's vigenere. Keyword: opensaysme
Natasha, honey-bun,
I am so glad to have heard from you. It reassures my wicked heart. I am NOT so glad to hear that you have been assigned a new partner. I have not heard of this Evilovich prior to your 'email' and I am skeptical of his origins. Keep an eye on him Natasha, he could be a double agent. Or worse, a double, double, double agent!
I am now situated in America, though I will not tell you just where. And I have been discovering some fairly amazing things! The Americans claim that the cold war has been over for fifteen years, and that the Soviet empire has collapsed. Unbelievable! Is this the truth, or simply American disinformation?
With the help of Von Rothbart I have set myself up as a private investigator, again under the pseudonym Spencer Traceback. I will endeavor to find out for you what I can about this American 'Project FOXGLOVE' which you have been assigned to monitor. I will convey this information in the most discreet manner possible.
Boris
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:41 pm
catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 4109 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
Solution to http://pottsylvania.atspace.com/boris2.html while retaining just the bolded letters:
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N atasha, honey-bun,
I a m so glad t o have heard from you. I t reassures my wicked heart. I am NO T so glad to hear that you have been a ssigned a new partner. I have not heard of this Evil ovich prior to your 'email' and I am s ke ptical of his origins. Keep an eye on him Natasha, he c ou ld be a double agent. Or worse, a double, double, double agent!
I am now sit uated in America, though I will not tell y ou just where. And I have been discovering some f airly amazing things! The Americans claim that the co ld war has been over for fifteen years, and that the Soviet empire has collapsed. U nbelievable! Is this the truth, or simply American disin formation?
With the help of Von Rothbart I have set myself up as a private investigator, again und er the pseudonym Spencer Tra ceback. I will endeavor to find out for you what I can abo ut this American 'Project FOXGLOVE' which you have been assigned to monitor. I will co nvey this information in the most discreet mann er possible.
I need to double-check the bold letters in the original, but what i have there spells
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NatIOnalsecu ityfoUndatIonconr
And in IRC they already blew past me to say that leads to
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:22 pm
Last edited by catherwood on Sun May 28, 2006 7:39 pm; edited 2 times in total
rowan
Unfictologist
Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966
Btw - the original picture file I was emailed actually contained the PSS website. Obviously Natasha felt sorry for me and just gave me the website since I wasn't smart enuf to open it with notepad when I first received it.
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It's camouflaged and the password is: eyespy
Opening it gives a text file with an encrypted line: Q2hlY2sgeW91ciBtYWlsClBvdHRzeWx2YW5pYS5jby5ucgo=
It's Base64:
Check your mail
Pottsylvania.co.nr
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:29 pm
audioslave
Unfettered
Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Canada
Oh. My. Moose.
A Boris and Natasha game? I am so in.
There's a new document in the restricted area, btw
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 8:25 pm
fftacs
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Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 4
Found this:
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:46 pm
audioslave
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Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Canada
Hmm...I wonder if this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_and_Natasha:_The_Movie has anything to do with project FOXGLOVE (maybe this stands for something else, an abbrivation for what it acctually is)
EDIT: Acroynm, that's the word I was thinking of, FOXGLOVE could be an acroynm
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 12:19 pm
Ofiuco
Unfettered
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 365 Location: The Void
In Natasha's private file place thing, there's another letter from Boris, unencrypted, with an 'invisible' paragraph which, with an assist from Paintshop Pro, reads...
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If you find it difficult to contact me via traditional means, I have arranged for an electronic mailing address, through one of my contacts in that industry. I can be reached at spencertracebackSPLAT gmail.com. Please use an alias, and sign off with 'swordfish' so that I will know that it is you.
Haha!
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 9:51 pm
audioslave
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Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Canada
Should we email him pretending to be Natasha?
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:59 pm
aliendial
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Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 3438 Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.
Everybody should email him as swordfish! See what happens!
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 6:34 pm
audioslave
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Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Canada
heh, I sent this yesterday...
Quote:
Would you like fries or a salad?
How is your life in America? How is your situation?
I hear they have odd food, like swordfish
Ultra super spy like *james bond music plays*
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:03 pm
Rolerbe
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Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 330 Location: North America
Anything going on on this one?
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:01 pm
audioslave
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Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Canada
I suspect (assuming this is a full-blown ARG, not just some little prank thing) that we're just waiting for it to launch, and that this is the pre-game. I haven't got a reply yet, so maybe they're just getting their ducks in a row before they continue (which should have been done before the game, bad PMs, bad )
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:19 pm
Greyelf
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Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Melbourne
Ofiuco wrote:
In Natasha's private file place thing, there's another letter from Boris, unencrypted, with an 'invisible' paragraph which, with an assist from Paintshop Pro, reads...
How exactly is the hidden message found within the file using Paintshop, and which image are you using.
I for one are curious to know?
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:45 pm
Ofiuco
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Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 365 Location: The Void
I'm afraid I can't access the site right now, so I can't say which file exactly, but I believe it's the one before the encrypted one? You'll notice some shadowy unreadable text down at the bottom, before the signature. I just opened it up in PSP and played with hues/contrast until it was readable.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:08 pm
apcfreak
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Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA
can anyone umm... get the symbloism in this symbol? it came off of the "newdoc1.jpg" letter.
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