Post: Can You Crack It?
12-03-2011, 11:45 PM #1
Bush.
Long Gone Day
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'Can You Crack It?' website, set up by British GCHQ intelligence agency.
They’re looking for a few good spies. GCHQ, the intelligence service of the government of the United Kingdom, is looking for some web-savvy cyber-sleuths-to-be, and apparently decided a post on Craigslist wouldn’t quite do it.
So it put up a website with the enigmatic title “ Can you crack it?” and spread the word on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. The site has a matrix of letters of letters and numbers on the homepage — surely something is hidden in them — and a place at the bottom inviting you to “Enter Keyword.”
If you crack the code, please let us know — though you may not get the chance. If you enter the right keyword, you’ll get past the homepage and possibly into the intriguing world of intelligence-gathering.
Britain’s GCHQ (short for Government Communications Headquarters; it’s been around since 191Cool Man (aka Tustin) says it usually recruits bright young people right out of university, but in the digital age, it says, there may be a lot of bright young hackers out there who are worth talking to.
“The target audience for this particular campaign is one that may not typically be attracted to traditional advertising methods and may be unaware that GCHQ is recruiting for these kinds of roles,” said the GCHQ in U.K. media.
“Their skills may be ideally suited to our work and yet they may not understand how they could apply them to a working environment, particularly one where they have the opportunity to contribute so much.”
That may be flattery. Prime Minister David Cameron’s government said last week it is setting up a Joint Cyber Unit to protect against cyber attacks from hacktivists, organized crime, hostile states and would-be terrorists. Having disaffected young hackers work for the government would be better than seeing them work against it.
GCHQ has tried unusual promotions before; in 2009 the BBC says it placed video content on the Xbox Live network, where it appeared during such video games as Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed.
The “Can you crack it?” contest ends Dec. 12; there’s a countdown clock in the lower left corner of the homepage.

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Last edited by Bush. ; 12-03-2011 at 11:47 PM.
12-08-2011, 12:05 AM #11
Epic?
Awe-Inspiring
Originally posted by LlamaSheep View Post
its just a set of hex... not really hard to crack :l


Really, if it's easy, why don't you come up with the solution on your own, then explain in a detailed fashion exactly how you solved it? If it's easy, why don't you spend the couple of minutes it should take you?
12-08-2011, 07:53 PM #12
Originally posted by Epic
Really, if it's easy, why don't you come up with the solution on your own, then explain in a detailed fashion exactly how you solved it? If it's easy, why don't you spend the couple of minutes it should take you?

But then again this is you trolling why would i waste my time to proove you wrong.... i just told you what it is, did i say im gonna do it? no think before you do something, most people on this forum cant achieve.
12-08-2011, 11:38 PM #13
Classy.
<3 BOXXY <3
:lol:
You found this on HF. Anyways, when you crack it you get the opportunity to apply for a government job.
12-08-2011, 11:54 PM #14
JP
Israeli/Palestinian Unity
It's hexadecimal, octal, decimal or binary. Not really bothered solving it since I'm Irish.. but theirs a good starting point for anyone that wants to try it.
Last edited by JP ; 12-08-2011 at 11:58 PM.
12-11-2011, 06:52 AM #15
chronicle333
Save Point
actually when this was posted in yahoo news, someone commented and put the code in the comment section -____-
12-11-2011, 06:32 PM #16
ShinigamiUzi
Proud to be a Player
Originally posted by iknowyounot88 View Post
Please move to correct section if needed.

'Can You Crack It?' website, set up by British GCHQ intelligence agency.
They’re looking for a few good spies. GCHQ, the intelligence service of the government of the United Kingdom, is looking for some web-savvy cyber-sleuths-to-be, and apparently decided a post on Craigslist wouldn’t quite do it.
So it put up a website with the enigmatic title “ Can you crack it?” and spread the word on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. The site has a matrix of letters of letters and numbers on the homepage — surely something is hidden in them — and a place at the bottom inviting you to “Enter Keyword.”
If you crack the code, please let us know — though you may not get the chance. If you enter the right keyword, you’ll get past the homepage and possibly into the intriguing world of intelligence-gathering.
Britain’s GCHQ (short for Government Communications Headquarters; it’s been around since 191Cool Man (aka Tustin) says it usually recruits bright young people right out of university, but in the digital age, it says, there may be a lot of bright young hackers out there who are worth talking to.
“The target audience for this particular campaign is one that may not typically be attracted to traditional advertising methods and may be unaware that GCHQ is recruiting for these kinds of roles,” said the GCHQ in U.K. media.
“Their skills may be ideally suited to our work and yet they may not understand how they could apply them to a working environment, particularly one where they have the opportunity to contribute so much.”
That may be flattery. Prime Minister David Cameron’s government said last week it is setting up a Joint Cyber Unit to protect against cyber attacks from hacktivists, organized crime, hostile states and would-be terrorists. Having disaffected young hackers work for the government would be better than seeing them work against it.
GCHQ has tried unusual promotions before; in 2009 the BBC says it placed video content on the Xbox Live network, where it appeared during such video games as Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed.
The “Can you crack it?” contest ends Dec. 12; there’s a countdown clock in the lower left corner of the homepage.

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Oh God , I really read this in anther website , I was going to try but I was afraid to try cuz I may get my self into unlimited troubles .
12-26-2011, 12:32 AM #17
HEKTIC4LYF
Little One
my friend cracked it
12-26-2011, 09:33 AM #18
kessuh
Haxor!
Originally posted by HEKTIC4LYF View Post
my friend cracked it


Not hard to crack when the answer was already put out a couple hours after the website was put up.
12-26-2011, 01:18 PM #19
HEKTIC4LYF
Little One
No he legitimately cracked it, he doesit at uni i dont know wat degree hes doinf but yea

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