Prompt

The hackers have hidden a message in this image. Find out what it is.

Walk-Through

This challenge will give you experience using basic tools to find messages hidden with steganography.

The Digital Invisible Ink Toolkit was used to hide a message using the BattleSteg mode. The same tool can be used to reveal the hidden message.

When the data is extracted from the image, another image is revealed:

This message can be decoded using an online hieroglyph translator.

Questions

What is the md5 sum of the hidden file?

The MD5 sum can be found by running the Linux md5sum program on the output file from the Digital Invisible Ink Toolkit.

md5sum file.out

What is the hidden message?

Use the Digital Invisible Ink Toolkit to obtain the hidden image using the “BattleSteg” mode and then use the online hieroglyph translator to obtain the hidden message.

Of note, e and i are replaceable in this alphabet, so you may need to tweak your message to create something that is sound in English.

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