• Cryptographers needed

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:19 pm**

I need help to break this code. If you good with the cryptography, contact me, please.

A2B72A18C199D3AJ4C3KA2CV1A2CX1BS4C617B9P3
D1CIJKLMN3B3B2B1XXC1XEXX3XDXX1GCH4JD4A2C1

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:23 pm**

oh boy....

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:35 pm**

What's...it for...? Can try...to look at it...during...my bouts of consciousness...

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:40 pm**

KT, go find your happy place. Please God go find your happy place. Go meditate. Go hug your child. Tell us where you are.

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:55 pm**

Where I am...? I'm at home... Gabriel's been...working with Death...if that's how you wanna put it... Nothing I can do...about it...so long as Death's in there fighting...

But that's...another thread...

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:11 pm**

KT, if you check with your wife I left a bag there. There are some syringes with sedative in there, in case Death came back. 1/5th should knock you out.

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:38 am**

Alright! Back to business. Since I'm back to being me, again, through and through, what's this for, again, Natasha?

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:37 am**

It was in the witch's computer, simple text file. "Alibek" not knows what is it.

During the night I think I make some progress on it. The code not scrambled letters, but the key to the code. I think also many letters and numbers, which have no meaning, are randomly written. I think something like this (it is difficult because results could be yet another code):

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4---u--v--w--x--y
|   |  |  |  |  |
3---p--q--r--s--t          0A = A0 = a
|   |  |  |  |  |          0E = E0 = e
2---k--l--m--n--o          1D = D1 = i
|   |  |  |  |  |          2E = E2 = o
1---f--g--h--i--j          4A = A4 = u
|   |  |  |  |  |
0---a--b--c--d--e
    |  |  |  |  |
    A  B  C  D  E

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:48 am**

Also in this scheme... no 'Z'.

I not think it matters that one letter missing.. can be 'Q' or other rare letter.

*sigh*

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:15 pm**

More progress, I hope, despite everything.

I think it is correct to follow the 5x5 grid path. That covers 25 of all 26 letters of English alphabet. It also means that only 0-4 and A-E are important in the code. Everything else, either equates to 0-4/A-E or has no meaning at all.

If we remove the junk, we have:

A2 B2 A1 C1 D3 A4 C3 A2 C1 A2 C1 B4 C1 B3

D1 C3 B3 B2 B1 C1 E3 D1 C4 D4 A2 C1

Frequency analysis:
Cypher Text --> Frequency --> Likely Plain Text

C1 --> 6 --> E
A2 --> 4 --> S

No other code has frequency > 2.

So, If I am right, our grid (I switch X and Y but rotate original square 90 degrees counterclockwise, same thing):

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E---*--*--*--*--*
    |  |  |  |  |
D---*--*--*--*--*   A2 = s
    |  |  |  |  |   C1 = e
C---*--e--*--*--*   
    |  |  |  |  |   
B---*--*--*--*--*   
    |  |  |  |  |
A---*--*--s--*--*
    |  |  |  |  |
    0  1  2  3  4

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:17 am**

Shadowstalker will read the thumb drive on which I found the code... he or I will share results - if they wiill be helpful, of course.

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:18 am**

Good. Take a break. How many straight hours have you been at this code? :shock:

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:21 am**

I have no clue man, but just looking at it makes my head hurt. The Cryptoquip in the daily paper gives my code-breaking skills a workout.

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:49 am**

Sorry. I wanted to work on this. Other shit has come up.

They say no rest comes for the wicked.

I plan on seeing otherwise.

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:22 am**

good luck everyone in their endeavors...

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:35 pm**

Kolya wrote:Good. Take a break. How many straight hours have you been at this code?

Mya, all I see -- A's, B's, 1's, and 2's...

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:45 pm**

Ok I was able to take time and try and get a read off the Thumb Drive Natasha wanted me to check. Well first the obvious former owner is in fact dead I was able to talk to both Natasha and Kolya and confirm we were talking about the right guy. I also got an image of a computer screen with a intant message window or email maybe I'm not to sure but it had a line of text that read"NICK WFSBO EVENT" it came into a very sharp focus so it is of some importance I think.

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:47 pm**

The American version my name is Nicolas, or Nick. Hmm...

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:47 pm**

Oh thank you so much Shadow!

I will think now...

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:51 pm**

Kolya wrote:The American version my name is Nicolas, or Nick. Hmm...

We know that they knew who you were... ok, I close the damn computer so I will work now.

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:52 pm**

Fear of the unknown - worst fear there is.

Posted: **Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:58 am**

Some of the letters from Shadowstalker's read fit into the puzzle, and I think they part of the puzzle.

I write WFSBO into the puzzle and now I see some relationship between 'E' and 'F'. I think it the mathematical relationship.

Maybe Ron's friend will see something I not see - I stare for too long already.

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E---*--*--*--*--*     A0 = w
    |  |  |  |  |     A1 = f
D---*--*--*--*--*     A2 = s
    |  |  |  |  |     A3 = b
C---*--e--*--*--*     A4 = o
    |  |  |  |  |   
B---*--*--*--*--*     C2 = e
    |  |  |  |  |   
A---w--f--s--b--o   
    |  |  |  |  |
    0  1  2  3  4

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:04 am**

Well, we broke the code. Thanks everyone who helped.

It the 5x5 magic square, with letters instead of numbers.

The plain text from the cypher text I posted:

SAFEHOUSESEVEN
LUNARECLIPSE

There is one more thing: Shadowstalker saw "NICK" on the computer screen. I think SAFEHOUSESEVEN is some computer "nick", or handle or nickname. We have the computer, so I will know if they found anything like this.

By the way, 2 lunar eclipses in 2007 - next one on 3 March; another one in August. The one on 3 March, best viewed from Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia.... including Kabardino-Balkaria. Our North American friends will see some of the eclipse though.

It is a bit scarey what this can be...

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:47 am**

I hate to repeat myself.

I do not want to go back there.

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:47 pm**

Well, be ready too, or make sure your Government is sending in a team there, because you don't have much time to sort this all out.

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:48 pm**

yea... this changes everything, I'm afraid.

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:01 pm**

Let's wrap up the Sowki and I'll go with you Kolya. Least I can do with the help you and your team are giving me. And you may get to see more magic in action as well.

Michael T.

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:07 pm**

I will see what I can do. My opinion actually matters when it comes to operational planning.

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:13 pm**

safe_house_7 is an IM handle that the witch contacted... in Nalchik.

Alibek realises now his friends not come for him. He cooperates more.

safe_house_7 is very bad news. Alibek says me things, my god....

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:16 pm**

Hm. Order up some napalm....

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