Intergalactic Warfare — Hacktoria Contract Walkthrough (Understanding OSINT)
In this article we are going to solve another OSINT contract from hacktoria.com, and as amazing as the name sound, it’s contract card is one of the most beautiful one, I have ever seen.
Lets begin solving ‘Intergalactic Warfare’.
Download the linkfile (zipfile) and the image.
I’ve added the description here too! Like always, I will advise you to read the description very carefully, and maybe copy + paste the important points given in the description to your notepad.
Special Agent K. We have a serious matter on hand today. Klumgongyn has alerted us to the presence of an invasive alien species. Going by the name Krohndahkyr, these creatures are the stuff of nightmares. They lurk in the dark, staying motionless for days or stalking their prey using very heightened senses. Climbing, swimming and making vast leaps as they silently move through the dark.
The Krohndahkyr have the ability to regulate their temperature to the point they become invisible to thermal imaging. Using their many arms and spiked tentacles, they have the ability to rip a human to shreds in seconds.
Just a few hours ago, the Klumgon observed a scout ship of the 2nd Intergalactic Fleet of the Krohndahkyr, crash into earth near McKenzie National Park in Oregon. Shortly after impact, several helicopters arrived. US government personnel took away the wreckage and headed in southern direction. It was at this point that the Klumgon Intergalactic Cruiser, KSP Kerabella, lost sight of the helicopters.
So far any attempts at locating the helicopters has been futile. Making contact with the US government on this matter also brought us nowhere. All we got was laughed at over the phone and told to call a number for special individuals.
Regardless, we need to find the location of these aliens. If the Krohndahkyr manage to get a hold of any human, this will not end well. The Krohndahkyr will either rip them to pieces and disappear into the night and settle our planet. Or shoot their eggs into a human being. Inserted via direct penetration of the chest, the eggs hatch inside the corpse (or live human) within minutes. Eating their host as initial food source, before crawling away to grow into man sized Krohndahkyr in the next week.
Luckily for us, we have a few usual suspects for locations the US government might take alien remains. Mostly due to the fact that aliens always crash into US territory. Also, the Klumgon were able to intercept a broadcast coming from one of the Krohndahkyr’s devices. This indicates they are phoning home. Klumgongyn was able to reconstruct the image data, the encrypted text with coordinates remains unreachable for now. Use the image to locate the exact holding place of the Krohndahkyr so we can take further action.
In the meantime, Klumgongyn is coordinating with the KSP Kerabella, deploying several H-Wing Space-fighters towards our planet. They will keep an eye out for any Krohndahkyr spacecraft closing in. Let’s hope they don’t accidentally shoot down one of Elon’s toys this time. Last thing we need is that guy on our ass.
As always, Special Agent K. The contract is yours, if you choose to accept.
In the last part of the description on the official website below the image, there is a very important part, which tells you the format of the password of the linkfile.
Construct the password using the coordinates of the red-cross on the map and the following format, small letters (sample):
country-state-county-161.2570-12.7212
(note, the amount of numbers in front of the dots might vary from the example depending on location).So, our mission is to find the location of the aliens. So, lets find the Alien holding building (It is the red target mark on the building).
When it comes to aliens, in my mind the place that comes to my mind is the infamous ‘Area 51’.
Let’s use Google Earth to search around the ‘Area 51’.
After searching for an eternity, I found something that looks similar to our target.
As for progress, in finding the password to the linkfile, now we have:
usa-nevada-lincoln-XX.XXXX–XX.XXXX
You should note that, we need the coordinates upto the last 4 digit after the decimal. So lets zoom in and find the coordinates. You may not get those coordinates right at one try, so you have to have patience. Patience is very important in OSINT investigations. (The correct coordinates are on the last part of the article.)
Enter the coordinates address on your linkfile.zip which we previously downloaded, and a file should appear!
Inside the file we get a text file with bit.ly link. Paste it into the browser and, you would get your contract card for completing the mission.
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NOW, THE NEXT PART IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THEIR DEFEAT AND JUST WANT THE ANSWER.
After some time and little crying and scratching my head, I finally found the coordinates:
usa-nevada-lincoln-37.2612-115.8349I wish you all good luck for you next contract and happy hacking :)
