Alternate Reality Game (Digital Forensics Challenge)

May 28, 2024 - A heartfelt thank you to @WW630 (Wam Wei Kang) and the Student Councils for organizing such an exciting Alternate Reality Game challenge for the students. Your exceptional work in creating the various stages and levels of difficulty is truly commendable.

I am honored to have been invited to contribute to one of the puzzles for this challenge. I hope my input enhances the students' experience.

I spent several nights pushing my limits to solve these puzzles, reminiscent of my younger days working night shifts to tackle complex problems.

Finally, the mysterious puzzles were indeed challenging. I'm delighted to have completed them with the provided hints. I am grateful to my family member and lecturer for their support in solving some of the puzzles in the challenge.

This experience also offered me a valuable opportunity to deepen my understanding of encoding/decoding, various ciphers, cryptography, and steganography.

External Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301

Cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNUoxS09bGs