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Re: Mossad 2018 challenge

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Post by simonh »

srean wrote: post #43
simonh wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are the people they're up against really all that morally superior? I'm not making a whataboutist point, it's just that if you're picking a side you have to look at more than just one of them. So absolutely soldiers should be held accountable for their treatment of captives, and e.g. Israeli soldiers have been jailed for assaulting prisoners, but I don't see many Palestinians being jailed by their own administrative…

I would agree with some of the point you raise: no clear moral superiority of some of the people they are against. Do recall that that Israel has followed a policy of assassination based on political disagreement. People have been assassinated for their speech and opinion.

That is reprehensible. The fact that Israeli civilians are routinely murdered for being Israeli, and that doing that is considered the primary tool of policy by one side in the conflict, is also reprehensible.

On a specific issue such as a particular crime or incident I don't believe whataboutist rhetoric is justifiable. In fact it appalls me. But I'm not going to boycott Israel on the basis of a moral argument for their behaviour in a conflict without also hearing why we're not also boycotting the other side too. There are several sides in that conflict. If we want to understand and address it, that needs to be done with the blinkers off.

Re: Mossad 2018 challenge

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Post by bhouston »

harel wrote: post #59
bhouston wrote: post #57

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You are incorrect, we are allowed to discuss politics on hacker news and have opinions on politics, especially when it intersects technology. It is done all the time here on hacker news.

From the guidelines: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. This story was posted as one of technical interest. The political side effects are not of technical interest.

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.

You are quoting a guideline about what stories should be posted to Hacker News, and using that in your argument that we can not discuss political aspects of a story. That is not the case.

> The political side effects are not of technical interest.

This is your opinion, which you are trying to pretend is a rule here on hacker news.

Re: Mossad 2018 challenge

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Post by harel »

bhouston wrote: post #62
harel wrote: post #59

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From the guidelines: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. This story was posted as one of technical interest. The political side effects are not of technical interest.

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. You are quoting a guideline about what stories should be posted to Hacker News, and using that in your argument that we can not discuss political aspects of a story. That is not the case. > The political side effects are not of technical interest. This is your opinion, which you are trying to pre…

Not trying to pretend any rules. Just convention I've seen here over the years with some reference in the guidelines. If you feel you need to discuss politics, by all means - go crazy.

Re: Mossad 2018 challenge

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Post by jerry40 »

bernarpa wrote: post #60
jerry40 wrote: post #56

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Ok, so actually the puzzle has been cracked. Nothing else we can do. This end was definitely not happy.

You're wrong... Go through an Israeli proxy to that IP (or via TOR by configuring exit nodes), it's only the beginning. ;-)

Perhaps, but the fact IP hidden behind the wall means that this challenge is not for everyone. Disappointing. Good luck in your adventure though!

Re: Mossad 2018 challenge

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Post by hungerstrike »

Why would anyone who is aware of what's going on in the world today want to work for military/intelligence murderers? Deception is the main weapon for these scumbags and that very weapon is regularly used to fleece the rest of the population.

Unless you're going to work from the inside to expose their massive amounts of bullshit, I find it deplorable. Honestly, I think you'd have to be either brain-washed by the cult-like repetition of nationalism and military-hero worship or just a real evil asshole to dedicate your life to helping these people.

Re: Mossad 2018 challenge

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Post by bernarpa »

cfrs wrote: post #58
bernarpa wrote: post #46

Spoiler: ... as it was said, the first brainfuck program prints xor-with-key. The second program doesn't output anything but it sets the memory "array" with 12 non-zero values. By XORing these values with the phrase present in the image (12 characters too) you get "35.205.32.11" which can be an IP (something in Google's ranges), geographical coordinates (interpreted as x,y they point somewhere in Israel, in fact) or…

This link leads to page with the first challenge: "Your help is needed once again to solve an urgent matter. Our digital forensics division is trying to track the source of a phishing attack on one of our government officials..."

HaHaha! (cit.)

Re: Mossad 2018 challenge

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Post by markyply »

bernarpa wrote: post #66
cfrs wrote: post #58

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This link leads to page with the first challenge: "Your help is needed once again to solve an urgent matter. Our digital forensics division is trying to track the source of a phishing attack on one of our government officials..."

HaHaha! (cit.)

Yeah that's HEX decoded but I don't think it has anything to do with the solution. I'm not sure though.

Re: Mossad 2018 challenge

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Post by anonymmouse »

markyply wrote: post #68
bernarpa wrote: post #66

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HaHaha! (cit.)

Yeah that's HEX decoded but I don't think it has anything to do with the solution. I'm not sure though.

I think it's more a joke from the fake 'anonymous' hacker in context to the tech-news. After some testing I think the solution could be within this so called 'pass-through' attack which is described in the tech-news.

There is an 'admin' account, with whom I think you can access the /administration site. For now I think the solution could be with modifying cookies, maybe the session cookie (after you create an account and log in) to get access to the admin account

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