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Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by shawabawa3 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:58AM (#25276875)
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 by eloeffler on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:07AM (#25276967)
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by geocrasher on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:14AM (#25277029)
I think you need to set a bar of solving the first puzzle a little lower so that we can get an idea of your methods. I too don't have time to sit here brute forcing a game by hand when it could be any capitalization,

and when I wrote this comment, something occurred to me about it and I tried it and got in. Rubber ducky ftw.

Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by BitwiseFool on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:00AM (#25277573)
I thought I was clever in thinking the code to the filing cabinet would be a birthdate in MMDD format, but I never got it. "5928" made me think the code might be 5280, the number of feet in a mile, but to no avail.

Frustrated, I just entered 0000!

Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by doomslice on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:16AM (#25277782)
There's a hint in the desk drawer (you need to zoom in even further to see it) that is a reminder to change the passcode.

Similar to a TODO comment... it just never got done.

Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by Hackbraten on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:22AM (#25277892)
Is it really a reminder to change the drawer passcode, or rather a password hint for the computer in case Anne ever forgets?
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by richardwhiuk on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:52PM (#25283453)
The bottom drawer is a reminder for the top drawer lock, the top drawer is for the computer.
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by shawabawa3 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:27AM (#25277145)
The click action is bugged - I clicked the mug 5 times and it didn't do anything, 6th time it turned around

Also took me a while to figure out the calendar zoomed in because it didn't work the first few times

Is there a way of finding out the format in the game? I would never have tried that

Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by tda on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:38AM (#25277279)
Yep, bugged me too. Looked at the js source to see what clicked items I missed. Then guessing the password was a lot easier. Also trying the cheaphash function in the console was a lot faster than entering then keep reentering the username. The hash function result is very length dependent, so it was quite clear how long of a password I was looking for.
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by gpderetta on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:57AM (#25278364)
the calendar never zoomed for me. I had to squint to read the names and dates.
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by mumblehat on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:13AM (#25277015)
Still didn't help me. I've seen both hints and seen the calendar, and after 6 attempts I had to give up, felt a bit frustrated. Maybe accept a range of different answers?
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by eloeffler on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:14PM (#25282426)
That's a very good idea.Here's a spoiler with the password :)

https://txt.fyi/-/20336/ede282d7/

Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by Hackbraten on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:21AM (#25277092)
What is it about the calendar? I’m playing on 1280 × 720 resolution, can’t see shit on the calendar nor zoom in.
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by Hackbraten on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:10AM (#25276989)
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?
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by umvi on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:10AM (#25277700)
Well, apparently she has 2 kids? Ryan and Daniel (mug reveals "Daniel" with a crudely drawn baby). Then if you look at the calendar you can see Daniel was born June 12 and Ryan was born December 5, but beyond that I can't figure out a year.

Username is "anne.kingston" but I've tried all the following passwords to no avail:

- June12

- june12

- 612

- December5

- december5

- 125

Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by doomslice on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @01:50PM (#25279872)
DDMM is what we were supposed to guess somehow. Fine to have to guess that for a pen test or real security analysis, less fun for a game where you have no clue if you're really on the right track.
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by AdhemarVandamme on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:27AM (#25277957)
Swiss people don’t use American date order.
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by virgilp on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:34AM (#25278061)
format is Name1234
Re:Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room by Hackbraten on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:20AM (#25277859)
Thanks, that made sense. It never occurred to me that there are two kids involved and that the calendar is clickable.