A mod is stuck on Step 1. Are you smarter than the Jow Forums mods?
You can find the first step here:
pastebin.com
Internet Puzzle - Mods are brainlets edition
Ryan Miller
Other urls found in this thread:
archive.rebeccablacktech.com
twitter.com
Blake Anderson
On step 8 right now.
Thanks for the fun puzzle op
David Jenkins
Step 9 here, kinda dying inside at this point
Jordan Hughes
Step 8 has been fixed. Go get the new text - any progress you've made on it will be saved. It's just a bit easier now that it doesn't have all the mistakes on line 5.
I'm sorry, user.
Jeremiah Gutierrez
XWW is fucking me up
Asher Butler
Hint: XWWWW
Isaiah Reyes
onomatopoeia
Liam Scott
Me too man. That's the mkv file one right? Just have no fvcking clue.
Ryan Smith
Yeah, i've been looking at this one on and off for 6-7 hours with no luck
Oliver Parker
To the user trying to bruteforce the answer to step 10, please stop. You were on the right track before and you won't be able to bruteforce it anyway. :(
Brody Johnson
Finally did 8. Never trust a french tool.
Hunter Young
nvm, file not founf
Jose Anderson
Is the .xxv file still hosted?
Hudson Johnson
Yes. All files necessary for the puzzle will remain hosted for as long as I own these websites.
Angel Rivera
im too stupid to find it then :C
Xavier Hughes
this isn't fair, i solved 8
RRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Jayden Thomas
I agree, it wasn't really hidden very well. I'll give you a hint though, since it seems you have solved the cipher at least:
Gur svyr lbh jnag uvqrf nzbat gur tveyf.
Jack Davis
You probably don't want to finish step 8 though, because step 9 is bloody impossible.
John Brown
Am I really supposed to iterate through all of them and check each one? Why did i solve the cipher in the first place then when you could just bruteforce
Angel Johnson
No, the filename you want is hidden in the cipher. No need to bruteforce. I just told you which folder that file is hidden in.
Eli Edwards
got it, now off to despair
Jackson Nelson
A few people have emailed me about what step is supposed to be what. So for those confused as to how I'm counting - here is what you do for each step:
Step 1 - Solve something
Step 2 - Find something
Step 3 - Find then Solve something
Step 4 - Find something
Step 5 - Solve something
Step 6 - Find then Solve something
Step 7 - Solve something
Step 8 - Solve something
Step 9 - Solve then Find something
Step 10 - Solve then Find something
Austin Jackson
Mods actually deleted the thread earlier?
Lmao
Based hotpockets
Jason Long
Really? Hahaha, no wonder there's a 12 hour period where there was no thread in the archives. Anybody got a backup?
Ethan Fisher
Sadly not, but concerning the step 9 file i remember there being a hint about something repeating in the hexdump and something else about the mkv file not even being relevant, which i doubt
Brandon Lopez
Michael Long
I am using mkvextract but i dont think that tool will help. What tool could be sued to remove all data of a specific file format from a file? I am sure that there is data hidden inside the mkv, interwoven with the real file, but because I have no idea what tools there are I could try idk what to do
Nathaniel Flores
Present day.
Present time.
HAHAHAHAHA
Logan Reyes
Step 10 has been solved. Congratulations, user, you have escaped The Wired.
Thank you everyone for playing. I hope you have enjoyed your time with The Wired.
The puzzle will continue to be hosted for your entertainment. I may post a new puzzle in the future - focusing more on ciphers and encryption instead of steganography.
Bentley Harris