Inroduction
Qiwi-Infosec - Crypto 100_1 cipher text need to be decoded to read the secret message .
Description
We got a cipher text that was five lines long and consisted of underscores and numbers from 1 to 5.
Chipher Text
The following cipher was given:
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52112515_4535_331534
442315_321144422453_231143_543445
213431313452_442315_5223244415_411112122444
2533341325_2533341325_331534
442315_21311122_2443_442315_4423244214_31243315
Solution
By trying a lot of different decoders eventually found that this is a Polybius-Cipher , Using Cryptii Polybius square as web based decoding web or you can use pyhton script that i wrote
Python decoding funcation
The original square according to Wikipedia is as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | b | c | d | e |
| 2 | f | g | h | i/j | k |
| 3 | l | m | n | o | p |
| 4 | q | r | s | t | u |
| 5 | v | w | x | y | z |
Each character is presented with two numbers. The first number shows the row and the second number shows the column of the character.
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ciphers = ['52112515_4535_331534',
'442315_321144422453_231143_543445',
'213431313452_442315_5223244415_411112122444',
'2533341325_2533341325_331534',
'442315_21311122_2443_442315_4423244214_31243315']
matrix = [['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'],
['f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'k'],
['l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p'],
['q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u'],
['v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']]
plain = []
for c in ciphers:
words = c.split('_')
for word in words:
for num in range(0, len(word), 2):
y = int(word[num])
x = int(word[num + 1])
plain.append(matrix[y - 1][x - 1])
plain.append('_')
plain[len(plain) - 1] = '\n'
print ''.join(plain)
` Cypher Texg is `
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WAKE_UP_NEO
THE_MATRIX_HAS_YOU
FOLLOW_THE_WHITE_QABBIT
KNOCK_KNOCK_NEO
THE_FLAG_IS_THE_THIRD_LINE
` Flag is Captured ` » FOLLOW_THE_WHITE_QABBIT