zL•ñŠÁ[J Ê€2Š(¥ËÌY Posted July 29, 2019 zL•ñŠÁ[J Share Posted July 29, 2019 COMMUNICATIONS TEST RECORD 427A6F2B UNRECOVERABLE MESSAGE [LXG_2qANfeIT] HtafP... suboa^; [ cyq-ut..OUT> tes2\ $hU6pte [At:_R;C'1V˟] Alk...S1d7Nd <GUESS..jbeGV cb(...9bF7oLs ]e(Uz [XOG_xRGNS:Ip* Enl s5mlaJ?r e^c...tНd Go"V ]us:9MESSAGE ATTACHMENT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AscendedDodo Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Init AP Uplink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AscendedDodo Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 ark.gg/g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ForzaProiettile Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 It will be new a pink hat cosmetic. Woot I am so excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzSHADOWS Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Initiate Arat Prime Uplink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TEM187 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 https://survivetheark.com/g/ Initiating Arat Prime Uplink. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a connection being created to the 2nd last Sanctuary of human civilization before the ARK network was released to orbit. Coincidentally, it's also the last place we know of that Dianna and Mei Yin ever went to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammyjade Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 ok so we know the code refers to ARAT PRIME etc but there is more to this? on reddit someone posted asound file but it leads back to dead page here on ark forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matheusrp11 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Simples: ARK GENESIS Encontrei explorando o código fonte da página, há um arquivo de áudio e dentro dele quando aberto em texto aparece a mensão "ARK_Genesis_Countdown3_ALTERNATE_V2.wav" I found exploring the source code of the page, there is an audio file and inside it when opened in text appears the message "ARK_Genesis_Countdown3_ALTERNATE_V2.wav" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matheusrp11 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 13 minutes ago, matheusrp11 said: Simples: ARK GENESIS Encontrei explorando o código fonte da página, há um arquivo de áudio e dentro dele quando aberto em texto aparece a mensão "ARK_Genesis_Countdown3_ALTERNATE_V2.wav" I found exploring the source code of the page, there is an audio file and inside it when opened in text appears the message "ARK_Genesis_Countdown3_ALTERNATE_V2.wav" In firefox just open the link: "view-source:https://survivetheark.com/g/Music3.mp3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammyjade Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 there's more to it! some of that code is java Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertoto Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 It's Diana trying to communicate with us! Or Rockwell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KanesKorner Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 If its a cipher, the TestRecord ID is probably the key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior7 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I can't seem to find the post now, but in a thread on the r/playark subreddit, a user mentioned that he thought it was odd that this post was pinned, and there was something odd about it, like why repost the same picture that had already been posted? Someone from Wildcard replied that they "might be onto something". I can't seem to find the thread now, but if I do, I'll edit this post to link it.I don't think we should get very hyped given the track record of these sort of ARG-esque things, but it seems like a fun little puzzle to solve. Either that, or it's complete nonsense and its purpose will be gradually revealed without any intervention. But assuming it is actually a puzzle of some sort: I do notice in the image the text is prominently displayed. We all know by now it says "Init AP Uplink", but there appears to be some sort of text on the other side of the panel, underneath it. Unfortunately, it's too blurry to make anything out. The picture's quality appears to be insanely bad; perhaps some sort of steganography. As for the text itself, people have mentioned the fact that the words OUT and GUESS are visible and bolded. If it is encrypted then it's anyone's guess as to what the cipher is. However, the text itself looks almost like a chat log, with the fact that each line starts with [. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanPort Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I might've been the one to post that thread. Is this the one you're talking about? https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/cjn5fz/ark_genesis_and_survivethearkcomg/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior7 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 No, it had a Wildcard reply. However, one of the posters in your thread had a novel idea: they pointed out that the words OUT and GUESS are bolded. OutGuess is apparently a tool, used for extracting steganographic data from images. That poster seems to be trying to get something out of the text, but if anything it would be hidden in the image. That would explain why the image is attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammyjade Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 7/29/2019 at 4:51 AM, Ê€2Š(¥ËÌY said: 427A6F2B ok so with help of my ratbags and reddit user mauve-midnight we have more teases and clues OUT & GUESS led us to the tool outguess. We used the 32-bit version of cygwin and made sure to have it install outguess And the key to decode from the image was APthis is what came back -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 [LOG_TRANSMIT] Start sublayer encrypted communications test. [LOG_TRANSMIT] Verify receipt. [LOG_TRANSMIT] Confirm full fingerprint ID of 724EA9458ED40FBF in user profile. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJdPUtAAAoJEHJOqUWO1A+/gJQP/0t6bbn7ECOybQn2YWO7TVVN gfcgSQvfBp+Zxp+efdwQe9mK6MHalrFQIbpazdJYA6vnDx99Il86WvVbjOoQZxEw DdVfesW4fboqqX0rMB+zUo+aIll4ekfCHcEyC2/YCAaYP/5cjFmFa7hx/VsBwrNs DxRrg9vjTkiC6LcW3sCuP1YX5jKQXQLa4i2nmDCzx101F7GdGZ8jFHWvsrPx98rk isGrEzBk42ygN75/YFjnKq+q5D4L4AEkf9s6MRTR/0NTJ8QREOoWroAsvo+J+JsK Ta9gb1hRbeT2MRr47OoG7rB9yfV1DDPsu1Hj8CrFYti4Yl+qIxSXF3Reiob+nzwD 2zo5VT/QAwN8yMtcRJrgWsb2BtPDV/QaRq8K7YjVIQ3VXw8/4f88u2OxbmDXLr6H jjKNx4f6aUUra8xMFi7btWrQCDf0QcuFklJsFMiAOgmEZOSo5dDVy2ah8nA5mWma ftfpbj956KRchJ3gOnX4M2IPp4c3Y0as4c9q4jVtFBxsgisCaEphn71AOK3QnUKE b57N21fvKbzkFofmnMLzdtEMAKvW+iD/bDGxxMmruIl2DWXQqsltp13A2VowFrhe cAZW/c+9HlSRsBHJYJJx5ejkSGDAs0FS2pa/8P40YkD/ZYSmaQTCEG+cPxwFuFd+ wuyYJHzkM05VFgWwDIHq =2DQu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- not sure yet what next??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior7 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Nice find! Could you format that a bit better though? I'm not sure what part of that is the decrypted text. I couldn't try outguess myself because I can't figure out where to get it. However, are you sure the decryption key is AP? Is that what was hidden in the steganographic data in the image? There's a single bolded "s" in between the OUT and GUESS in the text blob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftcabbage Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Weren't there different letters in bold before the current ones? I could have sworn there were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior7 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I would add to the thread on Reddit, but I don't have a Reddit account. Original thread by mauve is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/cjzrkc/weve_found_something_more_in_the_mysterious_post/ After consulting the Reddit thread I understand what the message part is from your post, Jam. If the intent of the text blob in the original message is to look like a "scrambled" version of a message, then the following, which appears to be the message body: [LOG_TRANSMIT] Start sublayer encrypted communications test. [LOG_TRANSMIT] Verify receipt. [LOG_TRANSMIT] Confirm full fingerprint ID of 724EA9458ED40FBF in user profile. looks very much like a non-scrambled version of this: [LXG_2qANfeIT] HtafP... suboa^; [ cyq-ut..OUT> tes2\ $hU6pte [At:_R;C'1V˟] Alk...S1d7Nd <GUESS..jbeGV cb(...9bF7oLs ]e(Uz [XOG_xRGNS:Ip* Enl s5mlaJ?r e^c...tНd Go"V ]us:9 Out of curiosity, does using "s" as the key give anything? It's one of the characters that is bolded in the original text blob. *EDIT* Also, "b" is italicized, as is the F7 on the third line. I'm apparently at my post limit for the day, so I won't be posting much more. *Double Edit* Since the forums apparently have some sort of daily post limit and mine is very low, I can't reply to share my findings. Update in the thread; if you look at the message, it says to confirm full fingerprint ID in user profile. Well, ironically while trying to figure out how to send private messages to overcome the posting limit, I took a look at my "Edit Profile" options. At the bottom there was a strange option that said "terminal uplink". On a lark, I put in first the fingerprint ID from the message, then the actual primary key ID that alex found. Nothing seemed to happen at first, but then all non-custom avatars on the site including my own turned into the same as the original poster, and a little while later, the message popped in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftcabbage Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Just the "b" is italicized, actually. I had to double check myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pachycephalosaurus Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, jammyjade said: Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJdPUtAAAoJEHJOqUWO1A+/gJQP/0t6bbn7ECOybQn2YWO7TVVN gfcgSQvfBp+Zxp+efdwQe9mK6MHalrFQIbpazdJYA6vnDx99Il86WvVbjOoQZxEw DdVfesW4fboqqX0rMB+zUo+aIll4ekfCHcEyC2/YCAaYP/5cjFmFa7hx/VsBwrNs DxRrg9vjTkiC6LcW3sCuP1YX5jKQXQLa4i2nmDCzx101F7GdGZ8jFHWvsrPx98rk isGrEzBk42ygN75/YFjnKq+q5D4L4AEkf9s6MRTR/0NTJ8QREOoWroAsvo+J+JsK Ta9gb1hRbeT2MRr47OoG7rB9yfV1DDPsu1Hj8CrFYti4Yl+qIxSXF3Reiob+nzwD 2zo5VT/QAwN8yMtcRJrgWsb2BtPDV/QaRq8K7YjVIQ3VXw8/4f88u2OxbmDXLr6H jjKNx4f6aUUra8xMFi7btWrQCDf0QcuFklJsFMiAOgmEZOSo5dDVy2ah8nA5mWma ftfpbj956KRchJ3gOnX4M2IPp4c3Y0as4c9q4jVtFBxsgisCaEphn71AOK3QnUKE b57N21fvKbzkFofmnMLzdtEMAKvW+iD/bDGxxMmruIl2DWXQqsltp13A2VowFrhe cAZW/c+9HlSRsBHJYJJx5ejkSGDAs0FS2pa/8P40YkD/ZYSmaQTCEG+cPxwFuFd+ wuyYJHzkM05VFgWwDIHq =2DQu iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJdPUtAAAoJEHJOqUWO1A+/gJQP/0t6bbn7ECOybQn2YWO7TVVN gfcgSQvfBp+Zxp+efdwQe9mK6MHalrFQIbpazdJYA6vnDx99Il86WvVbjOoQZxEw DdVfesW4fboqqX0rMB+zUo+aIll4ekfCHcEyC2/YCAaYP/5cjFmFa7hx/VsBwrNs DxRrg9vjTkiC6LcW3sCuP1YX5jKQXQLa4i2nmDCzx101F7GdGZ8jFHWvsrPx98rk isGrEzBk42ygN75/YFjnKq+q5D4L4AEkf9s6MRTR/0NTJ8QREOoWroAsvo+J+JsK Ta9gb1hRbeT2MRr47OoG7rB9yfV1DDPsu1Hj8CrFYti4Yl+qIxSXF3Reiob+nzwD 2zo5VT/QAwN8yMtcRJrgWsb2BtPDV/QaRq8K7YjVIQ3VXw8/4f88u2OxbmDXLr6H jjKNx4f6aUUra8xMFi7btWrQCDf0QcuFklJsFMiAOgmEZOSo5dDVy2ah8nA5mWma ftfpbj956KRchJ3gOnX4M2IPp4c3Y0as4c9q4jVtFBxsgisCaEphn71AOK3QnUKE b57N21fvKbzkFofmnMLzdtEMAKvW+iD/bDGxxMmruIl2DWXQqsltp13A2VowFrhe cAZW/c+9HlSRsBHJYJJx5ejkSGDAs0FS2pa/8P40YkD/ZYSmaQTCEG+cPxwFuFd+ wuyYJHzkM05VFgWwDIHq =2DQu Every WSAD in order incuding version:GnuPG v2 and not including it Mabye somebody can use the Decoder Including SAAAdAAAWAW SdwaadADWw DdsWaAaasws DWsaDdWs sDAsWAss aDDsSwD AwWsDawD aaWDsASdDaAWa asssaA dAWDDDWsAw AWSsSDAsSaDSawd wWwD D Not Including AAAdAAAWAW SdwaadADWw DdsWaAaasws DWsaDdWs sDAsWAss aDDsSwD AwWsDawD aaWDsASdDaAWa asssaA dAWDDDWsAw AWSsSDAsSaDSawd wWwD D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftcabbage Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I don't think that that is how you would decode that message, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkark Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 The message is sent by Helena alex@DESKTOP-IMAFHPR:/home/alex# gpg --recv-keys 724EA9458ED40FBF gpg: ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 724EA9458ED40FBF: public key "Helena Walker <HLNA.WLKR@gmail.com>" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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