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# Smart Wallets
Securing the Mega Files
Scientists attempting to enter the facility are presented with with a request to enter a password along with an encoded string
The system is locked out
Each scientist was determined to recieve 1 of 10 unique strings from the system. These strings were identified to begin with the numbers 0-9 indicating and order to collect them in.
| Unique Strings |
| ---------------------------------------------- |
| **0x0**517130f09050c120816030e1204090710011603 |
| **0x1**009010e12160a091d01181b081f150b0a151114 |
| **0x2**e171d1e1b121d081e151d101d10161e1c190e03 |
| **0x3**a060e0d1a0d0e1c1f161e1e0e1d0a0e1a15000e |
| **0x4**c1c1f1b0b1e101e0e0b0c1d1b0e1d0f1d0c1a1f |
| **0x5**e001e0a100f1c000a0e0A010A1d0D1C0e1a1d1f |
| **0x6**31c000c0f000e1e00000d131c091e0a050d0e1a |
| **0x7**51a0d101a0c080d111e001810011010171d0d0c |
| **0x8**91d16040c1e1203050a15030e161d0e05001300 |
| **0x9**50a15071e050611171d160713171a02120e1207 |
Every odd position after this was given as only the numbers 0 or 1, leading to a binary encoding of those columns.
Odd Columns Highlighted
These columns could be broken up into two sets of 5 digits each, with each set of 5 being 5-bit encodings of the letters A-Z. (00001 = 1 = A, 11010 = 26 = Z). This leads to the message **UNUSED NUMBERS IN EVEN COLUMNS MOD TWENTY SIX**
First 5
Letter
Second 5
Letter
10101
U
01110
N
10101
U
10011
S
00101
E
00100
D
01110
N
10101
U
01101
M
00010
B
00101
E
10010
R
10011
S
01001
I
01110
N
00101
E
10110
V
00101
E
01110
N
00011
C
01111
O
01100
L
10101
U
01101
M
01110
N
10011
S
01101
M
01111
O
00100
D
10100
T
10111
W
00101
E
01110
N
10100
T
11001
Y
10011
S
01001
I
11000
X
These instructions lead to focus on the remaining even columns. Looking at each reveals a set of hex letters that contain just the number 0 sandwiched by a set of numbers.
The odd columns
Focusing on the strings of letters first reveals words where the number 0 has replaced a single letter in the word (ex: **0**eace > **P**eace). Completing this reveals the message **PINKY AND THE BLANK FIVE**, a crossword clue of *Pinky and the \_\_\_\_\_\_ (5)* or **BRAIN**.
| **P**eace |
| ------------ |
| c**I**cada |
| defe**N**d |
| feedbac**K** |
| bab**Y**face |
| def**A**ce |
| cade**N**ce |
| ce**D**ed |
| defea**T** |
| be**H**ead |
| decad**E** |
| eb**B**ed |
| debac**L**e |
| f**A**ded |
| adde**N**da |
| beefca**K**e |
| **F**acade |
| cadd**I**e |
| e**V**aded |
| effac**E** |
With the letters removed, this just leaves a set of numbers in each column. Using the earlier hint of *UNUSED NUMBERS IN EVEN COLUMNS MOD TWENTY SIX,* each remaining number can have a mod 26 calculation completed on it to leave a number 0-25. A mod operation divides the number by 26 and returns the remainder. ie. 28 mod 26 = 2 as 28 can be divided by 26 once, with 2 left over (28-26x1 = 2). Completing this operation for all the numbers and converting the numbers to letters using A1Z26 gives the phrase **ITS UNIT IS THE WATT FIVE**, a crossword clue of *It's unit is the Watt (5)* or **POWER**.
Original
Output
Letter
53595 % 26
9
I
7976 % 26
20
T
3165 % 26
19
S
47 % 26
21
U
92 % 26
14
N
5625 % 26
9
I
826 % 26
20
T
29831 % 26
9
I
8157 % 26
19
S
6156 % 26
20
T
3856 % 26
8
H
13837 % 26
5
E
283 % 26
23
W
49167 % 26
1
A
956 % 26
20
T
72 % 26
20
T
5752 % 26
6
F
1595 % 26
9
I
6132 % 26
22
V
3437 % 26
5
E
The final password of **BRAIN POWER** was first enter by the Lab, where they secured 6 of the files about the Megas, leaving The Path to secure 2.
