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In Your Own Words, Describe A Worm: An OTP22 Megathread
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bambusar
Unfettered


Joined: 02 May 2012
Posts: 684

 		After twitter accounts https://twitter.com/excitingbooks and https://twitter.com/excitingbooks42 started posting about printed version of postcards with book cover designs
https://twitter.com/excitingbooks42/status/704518740335943680
https://twitter.com/excitingbooks42/status/722575547356684288
https://twitter.com/excitingbooks42/status/722597994005078016
and posting mail address
https://twitter.com/excitingbooks/status/738579261670318080
some of people from #arg started to recieve their packets.










PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 9:07 am
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Xkeeper
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Joined: 12 Dec 2012
Posts: 87

 		Many numbers are offline/busy.

They largely went down around July 15th-16th and are still down as of now (7/18). No updates have happened since the last post talking about phone lines.


031347 <danix111> well 888 still worked yesterday
031408 <Xkeeper> 888 is still working, as is the 709 number that has been "busy tones" forever
031418 <Xkeeper> 2022042303 (msg desk) works as well
031438 <Xkeeper> 2342220004 (qx) is busy
031453 <danix111> poland 1 (+48223071011) is busy
031456 <Xkeeper> 2029993337 (ctrl) is busy
031508 <Xkeeper> 3033090004 is busy
031513 <Xkeeper> 7208970004 is busy
031517 <danix111> poland 2 (+48223071061) is busy
031607 <Xkeeper> 6094560004 (one of many as36 mirrors) is busy
031630 <danix111> 2029993335 is busy too?
031652 <Xkeeper> 2029993335 is busy, yes.
031740 <danix111> and 3027250004 too I suppose?
031758 <Xkeeper> that is dead as well.


A few numbers are still up. 888-854-2402 (emtanon history 2) is still responding. 709-700-0122 is still the same "busy signal" it has been for a long time.


031851 <danix111> about 4 weeks until an anniversary of AS36 shutdown


I don't want to give up hope of OTP22 continuing; there are still many mysteries that would be left unsolved. But with the old numbers going dead, the outlook is not good... :/

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:21 am
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OTP-d111
Boot

Joined: 28 Nov 2015
Posts: 19

 		Starting today, +1-888-854-2402 gives SIT tones followed by "We're sorry, all circuits are busy now," instead of the Emtanon history 2 message. Since July 15th-16th, it was the last responding number. Well, other than +1-709-700-0122.

EDIT: Turns out that PM simply put a Caller ID restriction. When using OTP22 numbers as the Caller ID, it returns the Emtanon history 2 message. kthkx reported that it gives Emtanon history 2 when calling from a Canadian DID, but not a US one.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:52 am
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bambusar
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Joined: 02 May 2012
Posts: 684

 		Interesting thing happened in #arg

Code:

[03:41:34] --> Guest421830 (~sf@c-73-22-42-219.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has joined #ARG
[03:42:16] <-- Guest421830 (~sf@c-73-22-42-219.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has quit (Quit: http://pastebin.com/1V1XfUgE)


User named Guest421280 logged in, he didnt say anything but he included pastebin link in his Quit message. His IP was from Illinois.

http://pastebin.com/1V1XfUgE posted on Aug 6th 8:41:14 PM CDT (164 kb file containing 56000 seemingly random bytes)

Pastebin is titled ROBBY_OTP1.BIN.part
On day of the posting (Aug 7th) pastebin already had 55 views.

Later, with googling, we found another similar pastebin: http://pastebin.com/4ty6uhyn posted on Aug 6th 6:06:10 PM CDT (shorter file 592 bytes with 'offset (h) 00000000' in beginning), that one contains same hex bytes but its much shorter.

We need to compare that file with other OTP.bin files we received and try to XOR it to see if it produces any message.

There is possibility this is another troll/gamejacker but it might also be robby checking in and dropping new clues.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 1:52 am
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Xkeeper
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Joined: 12 Dec 2012
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 		I was talking about ARGs / puzzles in another channel, and decided to try calling the number again. I don't know how long it has been since we last tried (or had dialer functioning).

<Xkeeper> @dial 303
<OTPBot22> Queued Code 303# on line 303/AS (+1 303-309-0004).
<Xkeeper> !
<Xkeeper> september
<Xkeeper> 10
<Xkeeper> 2016
<Xkeeper> it answered

It plays the music it used to be playing, then said those words. (wav file)



2029993335 is Emtanon as usual.
AS27 is 0 0 0 0.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:21 pm
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bambusar
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Joined: 02 May 2012
Posts: 684

 		We have message on 888/FL (+1 888-854-2402)

Recording: http://www.ve3zin.com/888.mp3

Transcription:

Code:
The cold unforgiving fog of war loomed down over Emtanon as the Russian conflict rose to its peak in the mid 1980s.
With few left to trust, and even fewer idle moments, the young doctor all but disappeared.
Gone but not forgotten, he directed the wartime powerhouse through his printed word, delivered daily to those hand-picked under his watchful eye.
Sound (?) as he was, the message was the same as it had always been.
What Emtanon does may not be clear, but one thing certainly is: whether in secret or in open, the future of America is in good hands.


Cleveland direct (1-412-888-0004) also plays a history message

PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 12:19 am
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Xkeeper
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Joined: 12 Dec 2012
Posts: 87

 		September 10 has come and gone.

Let's check in on things. (Logs are abridged.)
Quote:
<danix111> trying 888 from my cell phone
<danix111> SIT + "[...] will you please try your call again later"
<danix111> followed by silence

<Xkeeper> 3033090004: dubstep techno song with the September 10 2016 message at the end.

<Xkeeper> 7097000122: the fake busy signal.
<Xkeeper> 2022042303: The number you have dialed is currently unavailable. (repeated, with "ringing" tone)
<Xkeeper> 4196460004: (beeeep) We're sorry. Your call cannot be completed as dialed, or the number has been disconnected. Different voice and phrasing every time it repeats. (danix111 points out this is a class six number.)
<Xkeeper> 2123649953: "We're sorry, you must first dial the area code before dialing this number" or something. Probably another fake error...
<Xkeeper> 3027250004: tape winding, click, hangup
<Xkeeper> 7208970004: as27 as usual. all zeroes.

<Xkeeper> 8888542402: milford story 3

<Xkeeper> 2029993335: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 2029993337: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 4128880004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 2342220004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 8594050004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 7693070004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 9315160004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 2545890004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 8603230004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 5593970004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 7406170004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 7693050004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 7695530004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 7692870004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 3142660004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> 9104980004: milford story 1
<Xkeeper> i'm not listening to all of these, so if the PM is being a butthole and putting something at the end I'm not catching them.
<danix111> +48223071061: milford story 1 without anything tucked to the end
<danix111> +48223071011: milford story 1

<Xkeeper> 8506320004: "We're sorry. An application error has occured. Goodbye."
<Xkeeper> 6094560004: Application error
<Xkeeper> 5409310004: Application error
<Xkeeper> 9033310004: Application error
<Xkeeper> 4172950004: Application error
<Xkeeper> 2245210004: Application error

<Xkeeper> 2723649905: [The call failed to connect because the number is disconnected/unreachable]





PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 4:38 am
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bambusar
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Joined: 02 May 2012
Posts: 684

 		Another report of all numbers

http://pastebin.com/C1SLLNm2

Code:
<danix111> I forgot +48 but meh
<danix111> +48223071061: milford story 1 without anything tucked to the end
<danix111> +48223071011: same



Link to "By the 1970s...": http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1057491#1057491

List of all numbers and their discovery/location: http://303.sashahart.net/numbers/

PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:22 pm
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natedogg
Kilroy

Joined: 18 Sep 2016
Posts: 2

 		Shocked

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 12:08 am
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bambusar
Unfettered


Joined: 02 May 2012
Posts: 684

 		Twitter account @excitingbooks42 keeps posting tweets.
One was particularly interesting



It was posted 2 days after xkeeper tweeted this tweet to @excitingbooks

Code:
sep 23, 2016
<TonyTwoFish> EB is Troy. He messaged me
<TonyTwoFish> I asked him if he was Troy in a DM, he said "yeah"


Here are few older links regarding twitter accounts @excitingbooks42 and @excitingbooks

Proof that accounts are connected: http://prnt.sc/cj9js3 http://prnt.sc/cj9k07

Some twitter DM conversations
http://pastebin.com/vQ4dBr5f
http://pastebin.com/KX0HTJ1r

Image he sent to two #arg members on aug 29 (second pic: http://imgur.com/a/SAgy5)


DM from sep 19


Radio show Ground Zero where Troy from Anchorage Alaska calls in. https://soundcloud.com/groundzeromedia/s2014-09-16#t=2:52:10

Note that we found Twitter@excitingbooks and Tumbler accounts on Feb 10, 2014.

Tumblr started posting on dec 29 2013.
Twitter account was also created in dec 2013.



PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:30 pm
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cAnueM6w
Greenhorn

Joined: 14 Jan 2017
Posts: 7

 		coupon
I also got the 33 exciting books package. Did anyone else get a "coupon code" with their package? What about stickers?

I'll upload pics when I'm back home.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:46 pm
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Xkeeper
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 		At least one other person got a "coupon code", they seem to be related to getting delayed packages. Feel free to post yours!

E: And anything else you'd like to take a picture of (everything).

PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:47 pm
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OTPGwraspe
Boot


Joined: 19 Aug 2015
Posts: 25
Location: England

 		Yes, I got a coupon as well as a good amount of stickers in 2 sizes, a colour print of WORM logo - which I had specifically requested - and a full sized colour print of the orange book. Also what seems to be some odd puzzle hidden under the address card that's yet to be figured out. Pics here http://priyom.org/media/176685/voucher.zip

PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:01 am
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cAnueM6w
Greenhorn

Joined: 14 Jan 2017
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image hosting no account


Sorry those are the only photos on my phone [/img]

PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 12:59 pm
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OTP-d111
Boot

Joined: 28 Nov 2015
Posts: 19

 		Finally, after 1 year and 1 month of silence:

AS27 42.64
Quote:
ALL AGENTS, RED SYSTEM COMPROMISED. CEASE ALL USE OF RED SYSTEM. STANDBY ON AS27 FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

AS36 is also different; a recording will posted soon.

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