SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2016
Part 5: Discombobulated Audio
I have all the auido files:
Server
(northpolewonderland.com)
|
File Name
|
File Size (Bytes)
|
MD5 Hash
|
analytics
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discombobulatedaudio2.mp3
|
223248
|
f05c1ec6c536e455ec686973fa6b8e20
|
dungeon
|
discombobulatedaudio3.mp3
|
202362
|
0be15d00299af1a6bc1d11ab6f2696a0
|
dev
|
debug-20161224235959-0.mp3
|
218033
|
0a5ef5d7a0e89658a833d1892a9e1ec6
|
ads
|
discombobulatedaudio5.mp3
|
233357
|
3d87c1d31717f81f1966db4133f9e24d
|
ex
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discombobulated-audio-6-XyzE3N9YqKNH.mp3
|
223244
|
4ee86b5b0eef9f8815ee7446272a6c06
|
analytics
|
discombobulatedaudio7.mp3
|
220943
|
313e7e370fd7d5232bb569f21856d9f4
|
I used Audicity on my
Windows 10 laptop to apply filters and effects to the MP3 files.
At first I thought
each file contained a word to form a sentence, but making changes on each file
didn’t help, it wasn’t possible to understand them all like that.
My friend, who works
with audio and video editing, suggested putting them together one after the
other, and I decided since I have 7 files, each 7 seconds long to change the
tempo to 1 second each for a total of 7 seconds.
 |
| 7 files changed to 1 sec Tempo per file in order |
When I played the result it said
Which is a quote from Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
That whole sentence was the passphrase for
the last door without a terminal where I found The Doctor who confessed
kidnapping Santa to use he’s powers for a greater good, removing the existence
of the Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978.
9) Who is the villain behind the nefarious plot.
The Doctor. (wrongly called Dr. Who, unless
there’s a legal copyright/trademark issue)
To be more precise, the fourth incarnation
of The Doctor from the BBC TV Show Doctor Who (the scarf gave it away J)
10) Why had the villain abducted Santa?
The Doctor did it
because he’s a mad man with a box and was trying to use Santa’s powerful North
Pole Wonderland Magick to prevent the Star Wars Holiday Special from being EVER
released because he visited a universe where 1978 didn’t have the SWHS and
everyone was happy! J
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