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Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

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Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#2

Post by Hackbraten »

Ok, I’m giving up. Found the password reminder within minutes but didn’t manage to get the password right after 40 minutes of trying. The narrative allowed me to narrow it down to five possible birth dates and two possible birth years.

After several hundred attempts, I haven’t been able to get it right. German date format, ISO date format, with century, without century, name prefixed, nothing prefixed. Feels frustrating but I’m simply too dumb, I guess.

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#5

Post by shawabawa3 »

Hackbraten wrote: post #2

Ok, I’m giving up. Found the password reminder within minutes but didn’t manage to get the password right after 40 minutes of trying. The narrative allowed me to narrow it down to five possible birth dates and two possible birth years. After several hundred attempts, I haven’t been able to get it right. German date format, ISO date format, with century, without century, name prefixed, nothing prefixed. Feels frustrat…

You can narrow down the date exactly, but i can't be bothered to test every format so doesn't really help

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#6

Post by eloeffler »

Hackbraten wrote: post #2

Ok, I’m giving up. Found the password reminder within minutes but didn’t manage to get the password right after 40 minutes of trying. The narrative allowed me to narrow it down to five possible birth dates and two possible birth years. After several hundred attempts, I haven’t been able to get it right. German date format, ISO date format, with century, without century, name prefixed, nothing prefixed. Feels frustrat…

Hi Hackbraten, maintainer here.

Thanks for the feedback and sorry you didn't find the password! We're considering to add a uhs-hints.com-style guide in the future.

Here's a hint with another hint included: https://txt.fyi/-/20336/e86ca3bf/

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#8

Post by eloeffler »

throwawayffffas wrote: post #7
eloeffler wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, maintainer here. I've fixed that, haha :) Thanks for pointing it out. That was one hasty translation this afternoon.

I was like, that explains the conflict with Anne's son.

Indeed. It is very common among 6 year old bosses to dislike their employees' same-aged children.

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#9

Post by eloeffler »

shawabawa3 wrote: post #5
Hackbraten wrote: post #2

Ok, I’m giving up. Found the password reminder within minutes but didn’t manage to get the password right after 40 minutes of trying. The narrative allowed me to narrow it down to five possible birth dates and two possible birth years. After several hundred attempts, I haven’t been able to get it right. German date format, ISO date format, with century, without century, name prefixed, nothing prefixed. Feels frustrat…

You can narrow down the date exactly, but i can't be bothered to test every format so doesn't really help

Hint is here :) https://txt.fyi/-/20336/e86ca3bf/

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#10

Post by Hackbraten »

shawabawa3 wrote: post #5
Hackbraten wrote: post #2

Ok, I’m giving up. Found the password reminder within minutes but didn’t manage to get the password right after 40 minutes of trying. The narrative allowed me to narrow it down to five possible birth dates and two possible birth years. After several hundred attempts, I haven’t been able to get it right. German date format, ISO date format, with century, without century, name prefixed, nothing prefixed. Feels frustrat…

You can narrow down the date exactly, but i can't be bothered to test every format so doesn't really help

How can you narrow down the date exactly? The vacation is one week long so the date could be any working day, couldn’t it?
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