Black Hole
Crypto Category Placeholder Name
We found a satellite but we can't speak its language. It changes its encryption encoding every time we open a connection...
We've got an open connection to the satellite.
It sent us this encoded message. Decode it and send it back to get the flag.
Solution Statistics
| observations | 221 |
|---|---|
| solves | 34 |
| points | 111 |
| average solve seconds | 33449 seconds, or about 9 hours |
| stddev solve time | 28924 seconds, or about 8 hours |
Solutions Over Time
| by time | solve count | solve percent |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-21 18:00:00 UTC | 2 | 5% |
| 2022-05-21 19:00:00 UTC | 3 | 8% |
| 2022-05-21 20:00:00 UTC | 9 | 26% |
| 2022-05-21 21:00:00 UTC | 12 | 35% |
| 2022-05-21 22:00:00 UTC | 15 | 44% |
| 2022-05-21 23:00:00 UTC | 17 | 50% |
| 2022-05-22 00:00:00 UTC | 18 | 52% |
| 2022-05-22 01:00:00 UTC | 19 | 55% |
| 2022-05-22 02:00:00 UTC | 19 | 55% |
| 2022-05-22 03:00:00 UTC | 21 | 61% |
| 2022-05-22 04:00:00 UTC | 22 | 64% |
| 2022-05-22 05:00:00 UTC | 23 | 67% |
| 2022-05-22 06:00:00 UTC | 24 | 70% |
| 2022-05-22 07:00:00 UTC | 24 | 70% |
| 2022-05-22 08:00:00 UTC | 25 | 73% |
| 2022-05-22 09:00:00 UTC | 26 | 76% |
| 2022-05-22 10:00:00 UTC | 27 | 79% |
| 2022-05-22 11:00:00 UTC | 28 | 82% |
| 2022-05-22 12:00:00 UTC | 28 | 82% |
| 2022-05-22 13:00:00 UTC | 29 | 85% |
| 2022-05-22 14:00:00 UTC | 29 | 85% |
| 2022-05-22 15:00:00 UTC | 29 | 85% |
| 2022-05-22 16:00:00 UTC | 30 | 88% |
| 2022-05-22 17:00:00 UTC | 31 | 91% |
| 2022-05-22 18:00:00 UTC | 33 | 97% |
| 2022-05-22 19:00:00 UTC | 33 | 97% |
| 2022-05-22 20:00:00 UTC | 34 | 100% |
solving teams:
solved by 34 teams
| team | solved at | it took |
|---|---|---|
| KnightSec | 2022-05-21 17:28:39 UTC | 1694 seconds, or 0.47 hours |
| Tea MSG | 2022-05-21 17:56:37 UTC | 4209 seconds, or 1.17 hours |
| DiceGang | 2022-05-21 18:24:08 UTC | 5903 seconds, or 1.64 hours |
| mhackeroni | 2022-05-21 19:03:00 UTC | 8020 seconds, or 2.23 hours |
| PFS | 2022-05-21 19:13:26 UTC | 8842 seconds, or 2.46 hours |
| sss | 2022-05-21 19:32:22 UTC | 2486 seconds, or 0.69 hours |
| Poland Can Into Space | 2022-05-21 19:38:25 UTC | 10400 seconds, or 2.89 hours |
| OneSmallHackForMan | 2022-05-21 19:40:53 UTC | 9859 seconds, or 2.74 hours |
| perfect blue | 2022-05-21 19:50:53 UTC | 10958 seconds, or 3.04 hours |
| WeltALLES! | 2022-05-21 20:05:47 UTC | 11506 seconds, or 3.2 hours |
| PPP | 2022-05-21 20:13:40 UTC | 10377 seconds, or 2.88 hours |
| organizers | 2022-05-21 20:26:02 UTC | 12891 seconds, or 3.58 hours |
| More Smoked Leet Chicken | 2022-05-21 21:05:22 UTC | 14571 seconds, or 4.05 hours |
| Solar Wine | 2022-05-21 21:07:20 UTC | 15448 seconds, or 4.29 hours |
| idek4rmy | 2022-05-21 21:07:32 UTC | 15429 seconds, or 4.29 hours |
| RCX | 2022-05-21 22:06:44 UTC | 18969 seconds, or 5.27 hours |
| UMDCSEC | 2022-05-21 22:31:37 UTC | 16808 seconds, or 4.67 hours |
| ENOFLAG | 2022-05-21 23:50:47 UTC | 22710 seconds, or 6.31 hours |
| ARESx | 2022-05-22 00:31:32 UTC | 22896 seconds, or 6.36 hours |
| Johns Hackins | 2022-05-22 02:16:35 UTC | 34042 seconds, or 9.46 hours |
| Katzebin | 2022-05-22 02:17:00 UTC | 32041 seconds, or 8.9 hours |
| Tenacious D | 2022-05-22 03:50:29 UTC | 39378 seconds, or 10.94 hours |
| SingleEventUpset | 2022-05-22 04:02:32 UTC | 40635 seconds, or 11.29 hours |
| Chanterelle | 2022-05-22 05:51:51 UTC | 37865 seconds, or 10.52 hours |
| thehackerscrew | 2022-05-22 07:33:08 UTC | 52604 seconds, or 14.61 hours |
| 1064CBread | 2022-05-22 08:52:46 UTC | 51269 seconds, or 14.24 hours |
| Samurai | 2022-05-22 09:14:19 UTC | 58515 seconds, or 16.25 hours |
| Vim Appreciation Society | 2022-05-22 10:43:10 UTC | 61816 seconds, or 17.17 hours |
| FluxRepeatRocket | 2022-05-22 12:34:33 UTC | 71276 seconds, or 19.8 hours |
| script ohio | 2022-05-22 15:06:08 UTC | 77588 seconds, or 21.55 hours |
| ShroitPeople | 2022-05-22 16:14:43 UTC | 84482 seconds, or 23.47 hours |
| SpaceBitsRUs | 2022-05-22 17:23:11 UTC | 88416 seconds, or 24.56 hours |
| Project Sekai | 2022-05-22 17:35:39 UTC | 89132 seconds, or 24.76 hours |
| Untamed Friesians | 2022-05-22 19:04:41 UTC | 94232 seconds, or 26.18 hours |