TryHackMe

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From: mcskidy To: whoever finds this

I had a short second when no one was watching. I used it.

I've managed to plant a few clues around the account. If you can get into the user below and look carefully, those three little "easter eggs" will combine into a passcode that unlocks a further message that I encrypted in the /home/eddi_knapp/Documents/ directory. I didn't want the wrong eyes to see it.

Access the user account: username: eddi_knapp password: S0mething1Sc0ming

There are three hidden easter eggs. They combine to form the passcode to open my encrypted vault.

Clues (one for each egg):

I ride with your session, not with your chest of files. Open the little bag your shell carries when you arrive. Passfrag1=3ast3r

The tree shows today; the rings remember yesterday. Read the ledger’s older pages.

When pixels sleep, their tails sometimes whisper plain words. Listen to the tail. Passfrag3=c0M1nG

Find the fragments, join them in order, and use the resulting passcode to decrypt the message I left. Be careful — I had to be quick, and I left only enough to get help.

~ McSkidy