Identified author

Published date : Jan. 4, 2020, 12:16 a.m.
Hill Cipher - Known plaintext
Our spy has intercepted this message. It contains the meeting place of double agents working for our enemies. Unfortunately, we haven't decrypted it yet.

The only hint we have is the name of the author that our spy has been able to identify: BROWN.

Good luck.

PS: the flag is 42CTF{THEPLACEOFMEETING}

Solved by

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molivier 470 April 17, 2021, 2:53 a.m.
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00101010 905 Dec. 24, 2021, 4:27 p.m.
lmartin 975 March 8, 2022, 5:45 p.m.
nieyraud 790 March 8, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
S_in https://twitter.com/sin_infosec 815 March 9, 2022, 11:48 p.m.
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tpeters 150 June 12, 2022, 1:16 p.m.
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Syca https://cyrihack.fr 1220 April 6, 2023, 5:29 p.m.
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eclypse666 480 Aug. 31, 2023, 10:39 p.m.
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Narmand 90 Nov. 14, 2023, 5:20 p.m.
Nochance 110 Nov. 17, 2023, 6 p.m.
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paulo-do 205 March 5, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
timatias https://github.com/tiagomatias930/tiagomatias930 830 March 22, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
Aoniii https://github.com/Aoniii 995 April 3, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
joabotel 270 April 15, 2026, 7:10 p.m.