crypto challenge
Repeating Trouble
Ironwood Energy is investigating its billing gateway after a troubleshooting artifact stores a route XORed with a short repeating key printed in the same incident bundle. Step in as the responder and follow the evidence.
Incident briefing
Scenario
You have been brought in to help Ironwood Energy investigate its billing gateway after a troubleshooting artifact stores a route XORed with a short repeating key printed in the same incident bundle. The environment is intentionally vulnerable and isolated for this exercise.
Objective
Recover the plaintext route using the repeating key.
Skills
What you will practice
- repeating-key XOR
- hex
Ready to practice?
Launch an isolated target
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