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zeighy
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 		I don't want to spoil those who hasn't checked L5 yet... but after opening it I was like... waaaaaaaaaaiiiiitttt..... *refresh* wait, are yo kidding me? *refresh* uh *refresh*
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:47 pm
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The Strange Taco
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punxtr wrote:
Oh crap, no one got this email? I got it an hour ago, but I just opened it now. This doesn't look good.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Bad news. My staff was able to get the Level 5 password. Yes of course that's bad news. Why? Maybe you shoudl see for yourself. Password for L5 is "whatsecuritypassword"

My staff was able to figure out the password using the call transcription in level 4. In case you wonder how they did it, they acted out the call conversation trying to figure out how the call is and what the other person's response could have been. It was quite funny and entertaining to watch them trying to figure it out. But then when we were able to figure out and try out the passwords, we were very surprised of what we saw on the L5 directory. You really need to see it.



Guys, help me formulate an answer:

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Yes, we definitely need to. Our work in getting through the life support has been rendered useless. The code that runs the systems we actually modified, or rather tweaked. It wasn't today or the past few days, it was somewhere by around a few weeks or months since it was modified. What's surprising is that I operate this facility, and I should have been informed of this changes. I wasn't aware of the changes so we'll have to see and do something about this.

My technicians are back form the start of it because of this. It might take a while again. I have contacted Weston for some help, and right now I'm still waiting for his reply. The other BODs are also busy right now and haven't formally responded to me. Fred on the other hand is unreachable. So right now, I'm thinking of another solution for this. Do you have any ideas or suggestions?


Uh oh, this is bad... Maybe we need to go back and review past clues? Maybe there was something important we missed?

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duke9509
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 		Well, I guess this confirms that Genus didn't get to L5. (the directory was empty for you guys, too, right?)
Oh, I hope he's okay...

As for what to tell/ask Dan, ask him if any of his guys knows a valid login Id/password for the FTP server. If they don't, ask if there's some way they could get one. Since this seems to stem further into the past than we initially thought, perhaps the server will hold some useful clue from the past. Remember, we already have a username (genusorein), we just need a password.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:52 pm
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Gimme20dollaz
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 		I don't get it. It's empty.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:55 pm
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punxtr
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Gimme20dollaz wrote:
I don't get it. It's empty.


I totally felt empty when I opened it myself.

Guys, some conversation I've been having with Dan:

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I... don't see anything.

Please don't tell it that's what's the bad news?! Genus has to be alive... ughh.... maybe he forget level 5's password. Maybe he jumped to level 7!


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Yes! Exactly why this is bad news! There's nothing in there!


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I'm so very sorry I couldn't help your friend in time. We need to get to the bottom of this, for him.


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Yes, we definitely need to. Our work in getting through the life support has been rendered useless. The code that runs the systems we actually modified, or rather tweaked. It wasn't today or the past few days, it was somewhere by around a few weeks or months since it was modified. What's surprising is that I operate this facility, and I should have been informed of this changes. I wasn't aware of the changes so we'll have to see and do something about this.

My technicians are back form the start of it because of this. It might take a while again. I have contacted Weston for some help, and right now I'm still waiting for his reply. The other BODs are also busy right now and haven't formally responded to me. Fred on the other hand is unreachable. So right now, I'm thinking of another solution for this. Do you have any ideas or suggestions?


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Our team is currently reviewing all previous data for clues. We're looking for a lead. Something that sticks out, like a rat in a garden hose...


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Ok, do your best guys. I'm getting much more worried now.


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Can you give us any details on the altered code? If it has a certain signature that you can find?


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I'll get the technicians to hand me a code sample. I'll get back at you in a moment.


Edit--Yes, I'm still waiting. I hope Dan is okay.
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The Strange Taco
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punxtr wrote:
Gimme20dollaz wrote:
I don't get it. It's empty.


I totally felt empty when I opened it myself.

Guys, some conversation I've been having with Dan:

Quote:
I... don't see anything.

Please don't tell it that's what's the bad news?! Genus has to be alive... ughh.... maybe he forget level 5's password. Maybe he jumped to level 7!


Quote:
Yes! Exactly why this is bad news! There's nothing in there!


Quote:
I'm so very sorry I couldn't help your friend in time. We need to get to the bottom of this, for him.


Quote:
Yes, we definitely need to. Our work in getting through the life support has been rendered useless. The code that runs the systems we actually modified, or rather tweaked. It wasn't today or the past few days, it was somewhere by around a few weeks or months since it was modified. What's surprising is that I operate this facility, and I should have been informed of this changes. I wasn't aware of the changes so we'll have to see and do something about this.

My technicians are back form the start of it because of this. It might take a while again. I have contacted Weston for some help, and right now I'm still waiting for his reply. The other BODs are also busy right now and haven't formally responded to me. Fred on the other hand is unreachable. So right now, I'm thinking of another solution for this. Do you have any ideas or suggestions?


Quote:
Our team is currently reviewing all previous data for clues. We're looking for a lead. Something that sticks out, like a rat in a garden hose...


Quote:
Ok, do your best guys. I'm getting much more worried now.


Quote:
Can you give us any details on the altered code? If it has a certain signature that you can find?


Quote:
I'll get the technicians to hand me a code sample. I'll get back at you in a moment.


Edit--Yes, I'm still waiting. I hope Dan is okay.


Well, looks like the waiting game again .... Actually, lets get started on the previous security levels to see if there's anything there.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:09 pm
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punxtr
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 		Here you guys go. Two big dump files.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dql7xqal65li4
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zeighy
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punxtr wrote:
Here you guys go. Two big dump files.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dql7xqal65li4

what the. I. Don't even. Neutral

PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:51 pm
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punxtr
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 		I don't even have a debugger, and the one I'm installing is taking a while to install... so, I hope to start on this in an hour, at least.
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Serpent
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punxtr wrote:
I don't even have a debugger, and the one I'm installing is taking a while to install... so, I hope to start on this in an hour, at least.


I'm attempting to install a debugger as well but, as with yours, it's going to take awhile.

EDIT --
It just finished installing. Let's see if I did it right.

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zeighy
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 		I have no knowledge in this so I'll just wait here...

PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:03 pm
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duke9509
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 		Ok, I know a lot about computers and technology, but I have absolutely no clue how to even OPEN a .dump file. I'll leave it to the two of you that seem to at least have an idea as to what program to install.

Also, did anyone ever ask Dan about the FTP server? Or should I do it?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:16 pm
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cherrytree98765
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 		I don't know if I opened the file right but I found this near the bottom.

Code:
SYSTEM ERROR : That wasn't a positive number    **You do know what this program is for, right?  SYSTEM ERROR : That wasn't a positive number
   **You do know what this program is for, right?
  is odd. Conjecture calculated       is odd. Conjecture calculated 
    is even. Conjecture calculated      is even. Conjecture calculated     SYSTEM ERROR : A zero or negative number has been encoutered.   ************   There's problem with your computer's math skills.    SYSTEM ERROR : A zero or negative number has been encoutered.
  ************   There's problem with your computer's math skills.
 --- COMPLETE ---   --- COMPLETE ---
 Process completed. It took    steps to complete the operation. Process completed.
    steps to complete the operation.


Is this my computer error or is that from the dump file?

Sorry I know NOTHING about this.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:18 pm
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punxtr
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 		Which file?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:24 pm
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duke9509
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 		Well, I opened code.dump in Notepad (which, surprisingly "worked" (if by "worked" you mean I got a bunch of "Œlü˙U‰ĺ‹E‹‰ÁJô‹Q U ‰Q ]АU‰ĺ‹E‹")) and managed to find that text somewhere in the middle, so, it IS in the file.

EDIT: And... I found it in "original," too...

Along with a whole bunch of pointless stuff like
Code:
-+xX0123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF -+xX0123456789abcdefABCDEF -0123456789  GMT HST AKST PST MST CST EST AST NST CET IST EET JST            %m/%d/%y August September October November December Jan %H:%M:%S  AM PM Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec C


The "original" seems to have a lot more of this repetitive English gibberish. These files look almost like the PMs had fun copy/pasting random words and characters for 1/2 an hr. I smell a red herring (or "trout"? is that what you guys call it? Still uncertain as to the usage of that term).

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