eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt - Newspaper Solution
Inside eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt, there is a newspaper clipping with Wellick sightings on the front and a word search on the back that Mr. Robot wanted to get his hands on.
Front: Back:
My first observation was that the word search has suspiciously short words. I then noticed that the first 5 letters were ROTXV
and the last 8 letters were ENDROTXV
.
# Original
ROTXVDETGPIXD
CWFIDQTSTITGB
XCTSJEDCRWDXR
TDUTKXARDGEQP
RZJEUPRXAXING
TFJTHIHIPIJHD
UQPRZSDDGXBEA
TBTCIPIXDCADD
ZUDGCTMIBTHHP
VTXCEGPNTGEPB
EWATIENDROTXV
# One Line
ROTXVDETGPIXDCWFIDQTSTITGBXCTSJEDCRWDXRTDUTKXARDGEQPRZJEUPRXAXINGTFJTHIHIPIJHDUQPRZSDDGXBEATBTCIPIXDCADDZUDGCTMIBTHHPVTXCEGPNTGEPBEWATIENDROTXV
# One Line, removing ROTXV and ENDROTXV
DETGPIXDCWFIDQTSTITGBXCTSJEDCRWDXRTDUTKXARDGEQPRZJEUPRXAXINGTFJTHIHIPIJHDUQPRZSDDGXBEATBTCIPIXDCADDZUDGCTMIBTHHPVTXCEGPNTGEPBEWATI
# Use my rotsolver script for plaintext
$ rotsolver DETGPIXDCWFIDQTSTITGBXCTSJEDCRWDXRTDUTKXARDGEQPRZJEUPRXAXINGTFJTHIHIPIJHDUQPRZSDDGXBEATBTCIPIXDCADDZUDGCTMIBTHHPVTXCEGPNTGEPBEWATI | grep 15
OPERATIONHQTOBEDETERMINEDUPONCHOICEOFEVILCORPBACKUPFACILITYREQUESTSTATUSOFBACKDOORIMPLEMENTATIONLOOKFORNEXTMESSAGEINPRAYERPAMPHLET ; ROT15
The cleaned up final message reads:
Operation HQ to be determined upon choice of Evil Corp backup facility. Request status of backdoor implementation. Look for next message in prayer pamphlet.