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Fans of riddles and quests can turn their eyes to the emerging today:
Blackstone Project
Domain www.projectblackstone.com was registered a long time ago, but only today it began to redirect to battle.net
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The following text was found in the page source:
from which, using the decryptor and the BLACKSTONE key, we get the password:
Y7_ $ 0> 0k_3 <$ m
Entering the password, you still find yourself in a mailbox in which only correspondence between Dr. Talen Ayers ( xenobiologist, author of the best-selling “Aliens in Pictures”, an annoyed guest ) and Dr. Gelek Branamoor ( chairman of the Dominion Xenobiology State Council, imperial adviser on science, Senior Research Leader, Blackstone Research Project )
By all indications (zerg, terran emblem, sc2 in reference), the project is Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm viral marketing.
Reddit Talk
UPD: On Twitter there were participial characters:
Adjutant 33-27 ( @ Adjutant3327 )
Dr. Warren Held ( @WarrenGHeld ) - Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist
Red Quinton ( @RedellQuinton ) - Chief Engineer
Dr. Helek Branamoor ( @HelekBranamoor ) - Chief of Research, Project Director
Dr. Daniel Rothfuss ( @DanielRothfuss ) - Astrophysicist
Dr. Talen Ayers ( @TalenAyers ) - Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist
Dr. Leah A. Martine ( @LeahAMartine ) - Xenobiologist
Dr. Talise Cogan ( @TaliseCogan ) - Xenobiologist
Major Lee Treicher ( @LeeTreicher ) - Head of Security
Dr. Pamela Foster ( @PamelaGFoster ) - Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert
Dr. Vera Langridge ( @VeraLangridge ) - Xenobotanist
Blackstone Project
Domain www.projectblackstone.com was registered a long time ago, but only today it began to redirect to battle.net
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The following text was found in the page source:
Confidentially
[REMINDER] REMOVE THIS COMMENT BLOCK BEFORE CODE DEPLOYMENT!
[REMINDER] POSSIBLE EXPOSURE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION!
[BLACKSTONE]
? HX? Cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade? H
[REMINDER] REMOVE THIS COMMENT BLOCK BEFORE CODE DEPLOYMENT!
[REMINDER] POSSIBLE EXPOSURE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION!
[BLACKSTONE]
? HX? Cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade? H
[REMINDER] REMOVE THIS COMMENT BLOCK BEFORE CODE DEPLOYMENT!
from which, using the decryptor and the BLACKSTONE key, we get the password:
Y7_ $ 0> 0k_3 <$ m
Entering the password, you still find yourself in a mailbox in which only correspondence between Dr. Talen Ayers ( xenobiologist, author of the best-selling “Aliens in Pictures”, an annoyed guest ) and Dr. Gelek Branamoor ( chairman of the Dominion Xenobiology State Council, imperial adviser on science, Senior Research Leader, Blackstone Research Project )
By all indications (zerg, terran emblem, sc2 in reference), the project is Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm viral marketing.
Reddit Talk
UPD: On Twitter there were participial characters:
Adjutant 33-27 ( @ Adjutant3327 )
Dr. Warren Held ( @WarrenGHeld ) - Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist
Red Quinton ( @RedellQuinton ) - Chief Engineer
Dr. Helek Branamoor ( @HelekBranamoor ) - Chief of Research, Project Director
Dr. Daniel Rothfuss ( @DanielRothfuss ) - Astrophysicist
Dr. Talen Ayers ( @TalenAyers ) - Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist
Dr. Leah A. Martine ( @LeahAMartine ) - Xenobiologist
Dr. Talise Cogan ( @TaliseCogan ) - Xenobiologist
Major Lee Treicher ( @LeeTreicher ) - Head of Security
Dr. Pamela Foster ( @PamelaGFoster ) - Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert
Dr. Vera Langridge ( @VeraLangridge ) - Xenobotanist
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/168475/
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