From 6bc839f3fdf1cc037d9f9b26ce4d7a1713bcde79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Z. Cliffe Schreuders" Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:46:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add Mission 3 Stage 7 Ink Scripts (Part 2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - Add m03_terminal_dropsite.ink (VM flag submission) - 4 VM challenge flag submissions (scan, ftp, http, distcc) - Progressive intelligence unlocking - M2 hospital attack evidence reveal - Triggers m2_revelation_call event after distcc flag - Smoking gun evidence: $12,500 ProFTPD exploit → St. Catherine's - Add m03_terminal_cyberchef.ink (Encoding/decoding workstation) - Whiteboard ROT13 decoding (Architect reference, Phase 1/2) - Client roster Hex decoding (ENTROPY cell list, Q3 revenue) - USB drive double-encoding (Base64 + ROT13) - Architect's Directive full decode (Phase 2 attack plans) - 50K+ patients, 1.2M customers impact projections - Multi-layer decoding tutorial/reference guide Total Part 2: ~880 lines Combined total: ~1,740 lines (4 scripts complete) Remaining: 5 scripts (Agent 0x99, Guard, Receptionist, James, Debrief) --- .../stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_cyberchef.ink | 509 ++++++++++++++++++ .../stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_dropsite.ink | 354 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 863 insertions(+) create mode 100644 planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_cyberchef.ink create mode 100644 planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_dropsite.ink diff --git a/planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_cyberchef.ink b/planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_cyberchef.ink new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f535dc --- /dev/null +++ b/planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_cyberchef.ink @@ -0,0 +1,509 @@ +// =========================================== +// Mission 3: Ghost in the Machine +// TERMINAL: CyberChef Workstation +// Location: Server Room +// =========================================== + +// Tracking decoding tasks +VAR whiteboard_decoded = false +VAR client_roster_decoded = false +VAR usb_drive_decoded_layer1 = false +VAR usb_drive_decoded_layer2 = false +VAR first_time_tutorial = true + +// External variables +EXTERNAL player_name + +// =========================================== +// MAIN TERMINAL INTERFACE +// =========================================== + +=== start === +#speaker:computer + +╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗ +║ CYBERCHEF DECODING WORKSTATION ║ +║ Encoding/Decoding Analysis Tools ║ +╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝ + +{first_time_tutorial: + [This workstation provides real-time encoding/decoding] + [Use CyberChef operations to decode evidence] + + Available operations: + - From Base64 + - ROT13 + - From Hex + - Multi-layer decoding (sequential operations) + + ~ first_time_tutorial = false +} + +Select evidence to decode: + +-> hub + +// =========================================== +// DECODING HUB +// =========================================== + +=== hub === + ++ {not whiteboard_decoded} [Decode server room whiteboard message] + -> decode_whiteboard + ++ {not client_roster_decoded} [Decode client roster file (from Victoria's computer)] + -> decode_client_roster + ++ {not usb_drive_decoded_layer2} [Decode USB drive message (double-encoded)] + -> decode_usb_drive + ++ [View decoding reference guide] + -> reference_guide + ++ [Exit workstation] + #exit_conversation + -> DONE + +// =========================================== +// WHITEBOARD MESSAGE (ROT13) +// =========================================== + +=== decode_whiteboard === +#speaker:computer + +EVIDENCE: Server room whiteboard message + +INPUT (Raw): +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +ZRRG JVGU GUR NEPUVGRPG'F CERSBEERQ PYVRAGF + +CEBWRPG CUNFR 1: URNYGUNERENCCYVPNGVBAF +CEBWRPG CUNFR 2: RARETL TEVQ VPF + +PBAGNPG: PVCURE SBE CEPRFG NCCEBI NY +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +ENCODING DETECTED: Character substitution pattern +RECOMMENDATION: Apply ROT13 operation + ++ [Apply ROT13 decoding] + -> whiteboard_rot13_result + ++ [Try different decoding method] + -> whiteboard_wrong_method + +=== whiteboard_rot13_result === +#speaker:computer + +Applying "ROT13" operation... + +OUTPUT (Decoded): +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +MEET WITH THE ARCHITECT'S PREFERRED CLIENTS + +PROJECT PHASE 1: HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONS +PROJECT PHASE 2: ENERGY GRID ICS + +CONTACT: CIPHER FOR PRIEST APPROVAL +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +ANALYSIS: +- "The Architect" - ENTROPY leadership reference +- Phase 1: Healthcare applications (aligns with M2 attack) +- Phase 2: Energy grid ICS (future attack vector) +- "Cipher" = Victoria Sterling's ENTROPY codename +- "Priest approval" - pricing authorization process? + +CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE: +Confirms multi-phase attack campaign coordinated by +"The Architect" with Victoria Sterling as operational lead. + +Evidence logged. Objective updated. + +~ whiteboard_decoded = true + +#complete_task:decode_whiteboard + ++ [Save evidence and return] + Evidence saved to SAFETYNET database. + -> hub + +=== whiteboard_wrong_method === +#speaker:computer + +Applying alternative decoding... + +ERROR: Output is garbled nonsense. + +TIP: This appears to be a simple character substitution. + Try ROT13 - a common cipher that shifts letters 13 positions. + ++ [Try ROT13 instead] + -> whiteboard_rot13_result + ++ [Return to evidence selection] + -> hub + +// =========================================== +// CLIENT ROSTER (HEX ENCODING) +// =========================================== + +=== decode_client_roster === +#speaker:computer + +EVIDENCE: Client roster file (victoria_clients.hex) + +{not client_roster_decoded: + PREREQUISITE: Access Victoria Sterling's executive computer + FILE LOCATION: Documents/victoria_clients.hex + + Have you accessed Victoria's computer and retrieved this file? +} + ++ {client_roster_decoded} [File already decoded - view results] + -> client_roster_result + ++ [Decode hex file] + -> decode_client_roster_hex + ++ [Return to evidence selection] + -> hub + +=== decode_client_roster_hex === +#speaker:computer + +INPUT (Raw hex): +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +5a 45 52 4f 20 44 41 59 20 53 59 4e 44 49 43 41 +54 45 20 2d 20 43 4c 49 45 4e 54 20 52 4f 53 54 +45 52 0a 51 33 20 32 30 32 34 0a 0a 43 6c 69 65 +6e 74 20 49 44 3a 20 47 48 4f 53 54 0a 4f 72 67 +61 6e 69 7a 61 74 69 6f 6e 3a 20 52 61 6e 73 6f +6d 77 61 72 65 20 49 6e 63 6f 72 70 6f 72 61 74 +65 64 0a 50 75 72 63 68 61 73 65 73 3a 20 50 72 +6f 46 54 50 44 20 65 78 70 6c 6f 69 74 20 28 24 +31 32 2c 35 30 30 29 0a 44 65 70 6c 6f 79 6d 65 +6e 74 3a 20 53 74 2e 20 43 61 74 68 65 72 69 6e +65 27 73 20 48 6f 73 70 69 74 61 6c 0a 0a 43 6c +69 65 6e 74 20 49 44 3a 20 53 4f 43 49 41 4c 5f +46 41 42 52 49 43 0a 50 75 72 63 68 61 73 65 73 +3a 20 4d 75 6c 74 69 70 6c 65 20 65 78 70 6c 6f +69 74 73 0a 0a 43 6c 69 65 6e 74 20 49 44 3a 20 +43 52 49 54 49 43 41 4c 5f 4d 41 53 53 0a +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +ENCODING DETECTED: Hexadecimal (ASCII hex values) +RECOMMENDATION: Apply "From Hex" operation + ++ [Apply From Hex decoding] + -> client_roster_result + +=== client_roster_result === +#speaker:computer + +Applying "From Hex" operation... + +OUTPUT (Decoded): +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +ZERO DAY SYNDICATE - CLIENT ROSTER +Q3 2024 + +Client ID: GHOST +Organization: Ransomware Incorporated +Purchases: ProFTPD exploit ($12,500) +Deployment: St. Catherine's Hospital + +Client ID: SOCIAL_FABRIC +Purchases: Multiple exploits + +Client ID: CRITICAL_MASS +Purchases: Infrastructure targeting exploits + +Client ID: DARK_PATTERN +Purchases: [Data redacted] + +TOTAL Q3 REVENUE: $847,000 (23 exploits) +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +ANALYSIS: +⚠ CRITICAL EVIDENCE ⚠ + +Direct confirmation of ENTROPY cross-cell collaboration: +- Ransomware Incorporated (GHOST) - M2 hospital buyer +- Social Fabric - Misinformation cell +- Critical Mass - Infrastructure targeting +- Dark Pattern - Unknown operations + +$12,500 ProFTPD exploit explicitly linked to +St. Catherine's Hospital deployment. + +This evidence proves: +1. Zero Day sold M2 hospital exploit +2. GHOST = Ransomware Incorporated +3. Multi-cell ENTROPY coordination +4. $847K quarterly revenue from exploit sales + +PROSECUTION VALUE: Maximum. Smoking gun evidence. + +~ client_roster_decoded = true + +#complete_task:decode_client_roster + ++ [Save evidence and return] + Evidence saved. This is powerful prosecution material. + -> hub + +// =========================================== +// USB DRIVE (DOUBLE-ENCODED: BASE64 + ROT13) +// =========================================== + +=== decode_usb_drive === +#speaker:computer + +EVIDENCE: Hidden USB drive (from executive office desk) + +{not usb_drive_decoded_layer1: + PREREQUISITE: Find hidden USB drive in Victoria's desk + + ENCODING DETECTED: Multi-layer encoding + WARNING: This will require multiple decoding operations + + Have you found the USB drive? +} + +{usb_drive_decoded_layer1 and not usb_drive_decoded_layer2: + LAYER 1 DECODING COMPLETE + + The output from Base64 decoding is still encoded! + This is a nested encoding - you need to decode again. +} + +{usb_drive_decoded_layer2: + USB drive fully decoded. View results? +} + ++ {not usb_drive_decoded_layer1} [Decode USB drive - Layer 1 (Base64)] + -> decode_usb_layer1 + ++ {usb_drive_decoded_layer1 and not usb_drive_decoded_layer2} [Decode Layer 2 (ROT13)] + -> decode_usb_layer2 + ++ {usb_drive_decoded_layer2} [View fully decoded message] + -> usb_final_result + ++ [Return to evidence selection] + -> hub + +=== decode_usb_layer1 === +#speaker:computer + +USB DRIVE - LAYER 1 DECODING + +INPUT (Raw Base64): +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +R2VhejogR3VyIE5lcHV2Z3JwZydmIEVldmpycnZpcnJmCgpQdW5n +YWUsIFJhbmdlcmUgcmtjYWJicmdncGEgY2V2YmV2Z3ZyZiBzYmU +gTTQ6CgoxLiBWQVNFTkZHSEhQR0hFUiBFS0NHQlZHRiAoUEVWQk +VWR0wpCiAgIFNicGgmZnYgYmEgbnJyZ3BuZXIgbnJwZ2JlIEZQTl +FOWSB2bGZ2cnpmCiAgIFJhcmV0bCB0ZXZjIFZQRiBpcGFhcmVv +YWF2Z3ZyZmdpcmYuCgoyLiBQRUJGRi1QUkxZWS BQQQJCRFBFUEV +HVkJBCiAgIENlYml2cXIgRWFuZmJ6emplciBWYXAgbmFnIGFiZmN +2Z25nIGJ5IGVSZ3lib250cmdnLgogICBGYnB2bm95IFNub295IGV +nZ3lib25nZyBlZWFmYnpudi5ndCBnYXJleWwgdmd2Y2dtcWdnLgo +KMy4gUEJFUlhHVkJBTlkgRlJQSGVWR0wKICAgSnV2dnJVbmcgRm +NwaGVWZ2cgc2ViYWcgenVmZyBlcm5hbnZhIHBiYWl2YXBycS4KI +CAgSXZwZ2JldnYgRmdyZXl2YXQgbmhyYnJ2bXJxIGdiIGVycGho +dnQgcWJoeXIgbmFyYWdmLgo= +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +Applying "From Base64" operation... + +OUTPUT (Layer 1 decoded): +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +Geare: Gur Nepuvgrpg'f Qverpgvir + +Pvcure, Shegure rkcybvgngvba cevbevgvrf sbe D4: + +1. VASENFGEHPGHER RKCYBVGF (CEVBEVGL) + Sbphf ba urnyguner frpgbe FPNQN flfgrzf + Raretl tevq VPF ihyarenoyvgvrf. + +2. PEBFF-PRYY PBBBEQVANGVBA + Cebivqr Enafsbjner Vap naq ubfcvgny gnetrgrq rkcybvgf. + Fbpvny Snoevp rkcybvgf enafsbjner raret vpneqf. + +3. BCRENGVBANY FRPHEVGL + JuvgrUng Frpphevgl sebag zhfg erznva pbaivnaprq. + Ivpgbevn Fgreyvat nhgubevmrq gb erpehvg qbhoyr ntragf. +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +ANALYSIS: +Still encoded! The Base64 layer revealed another cipher. + +PATTERN DETECTED: Character substitution (likely ROT13) +RECOMMENDATION: Apply ROT13 to this output + +~ usb_drive_decoded_layer1 = true + ++ [Continue to Layer 2 decoding] + -> decode_usb_layer2 + +=== decode_usb_layer2 === +#speaker:computer + +USB DRIVE - LAYER 2 DECODING + +INPUT (From Layer 1): +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +Geare: Gur Nepuvgrpg'f Qverpgvir + +Pvcure, Shegure rkcybvgngvba cevbevgvrf sbe D4: + +1. VASENFGEHPGHER RKCYBVGF (CEVBEVGL) + Sbphf ba urnyguner frpgbe FPNQN flfgrzf + Raretl tevq VPF ihyarenoyvgvrf. + +2. PEBFF-PRYY PBBBEQVANGVBA + Cebivqr Enafsbjner Vap naq ubfcvgny gnetrgrq rkcybvgf. + Fbpvny Snoevp rkcybvgf enafsbjner raret vpneqf. + +3. BCRENGVBANY FRPHEVGL + JuvgrUng Frphevgl sebag zhfg erznva pbaivpaprq. + Ivpgbevn Fgreyvat nhgubevmrq gb erpehvg qbhoyr ntragf. +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +Applying "ROT13" operation... + +OUTPUT (Fully decoded): +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +Title: The Architect's Directive + +Cipher, Further exploitation priorities for Q4: + +1. INFRASTRUCTURE EXPLOITS (PRIORITY) + Focus on healthcare sector SCADA systems + Energy grid ICS vulnerabilities. + +2. CROSS-CELL COORDINATION + Provide Ransomware Inc and hospital targeted exploits. + Social Fabric exploits ransomware energy impacts. + +3. OPERATIONAL SECURITY + WhiteHat Security front must remain convinced. + Victoria Sterling authorized to recruit double agents. + +PHASE 2 TARGETS (Q4 2024 - Q1 2025): + +Healthcare SCADA Systems: +- Hospital ventilation control (15 facilities identified) +- Patient monitoring networks (critical care units) + +Energy Grid ICS: +- Substation automation (427 vulnerable units mapped) + +PROJECTED IMPACT ANALYSIS: +- Healthcare disruption: 50,000+ patient treatment delays +- Energy disruption: 1.2M residential customers (winter) +- Combined chaos amplification factor: 3.7x + +The Architect's Vision: +"Each cell operates independently. But coordinated, +they become inevitable. Systems fail. Society fragments. +Entropy accelerates." +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +~ usb_drive_decoded_layer2 = true + +-> usb_final_result + +=== usb_final_result === +#speaker:computer + +⚠⚠⚠ CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE - MAXIMUM PRIORITY ⚠⚠⚠ + +ANALYSIS: +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ + +This is a direct communication from "The Architect" - +ENTROPY's leadership figure. + +KEY REVELATIONS: + +1. PHASE 2 ATTACK PLANS + - 15 healthcare facilities targeted (SCADA control) + - 427 energy substations mapped for attack + - Q4 2024 - Q1 2025 timeline (IMMINENT) + +2. PROJECTED CASUALTIES + - 50,000+ patient treatment delays + - 1.2 million customers without power (winter targeting) + - "Chaos amplification factor" - calculated mass harm + +3. MULTI-CELL COORDINATION + - The Architect coordinates all ENTROPY cells + - Zero Day provides exploits + - Ransomware Inc deploys against hospitals + - Social Fabric amplifies panic/misinformation + - Synchronized multi-vector attack planned + +4. VICTORIA STERLING'S AUTHORIZATION + - Authorized to recruit double agents + - Suggests infiltration of security/law enforcement + +THREAT LEVEL: CRITICAL +RECOMMENDED ACTION: Immediate SAFETYNET response + Prevent Phase 2 deployment + +Evidence logged. This is campaign-level intelligence. + +#complete_task:lore_fragment_3 + ++ [Save evidence immediately] + This evidence forwarded to SAFETYNET Command. + + Phase 2 attack prevention now highest priority. + -> hub + +// =========================================== +// REFERENCE GUIDE +// =========================================== + +=== reference_guide === +#speaker:computer + +╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗ +║ CYBERCHEF ENCODING REFERENCE GUIDE ║ +╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝ + +COMMON ENCODING TYPES: + +1. BASE64 + - Looks like: Alphanumeric + / and = symbols + - Example: SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ= + - Operation: "From Base64" + +2. ROT13 (Caesar Cipher) + - Looks like: Readable but nonsensical English + - Example: URYYB JBEYQ → HELLO WORLD + - Operation: "ROT13" (13-character shift) + +3. HEXADECIMAL + - Looks like: Two-digit hex values (0-9, A-F) + - Example: 48 65 6C 6C 6F + - Operation: "From Hex" + +4. MULTI-LAYER ENCODING + - Text encoded multiple times + - Decode in reverse order of encoding + - Example: Base64(ROT13(text)) needs ROT13 first, then Base64 + +TIP: If decoded output still looks encoded, try another + operation on the result (multi-layer encoding). + ++ [Return to decoding menu] + -> hub + +// =========================================== +// END +// =========================================== diff --git a/planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_dropsite.ink b/planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_dropsite.ink new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f89c8d --- /dev/null +++ b/planning_notes/overall_story_plan/mission_initializations/m03_ghost_in_the_machine/stages/stage_7/m03_terminal_dropsite.ink @@ -0,0 +1,354 @@ +// =========================================== +// Mission 3: Ghost in the Machine +// TERMINAL: Drop-Site (VM Flag Submission) +// Location: Server Room +// =========================================== + +// Tracking which flags have been submitted +VAR flag_scan_network_submitted = false +VAR flag_ftp_banner_submitted = false +VAR flag_http_analysis_submitted = false +VAR flag_distcc_exploit_submitted = false +VAR flags_submitted_count = 0 + +// External variables +EXTERNAL player_name + +// =========================================== +// MAIN TERMINAL INTERFACE +// =========================================== + +=== start === +#speaker:computer + +╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗ +║ SAFETYNET DROP-SITE TERMINAL v2.4.1 ║ +║ Secure Intelligence Submission System ║ +╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝ + +Connection established: SAFETYNET Central +Agent ID: {player_name} +Mission: M03 - Ghost in the Machine +Status: ACTIVE + +Submit intercepted ENTROPY intelligence (VM flags) for analysis. + +Flags submitted: {flags_submitted_count}/4 + +-> hub + +// =========================================== +// TERMINAL HUB +// =========================================== + +=== hub === + ++ {not flag_scan_network_submitted} [Submit Flag: Network Scan] + -> submit_scan_network + ++ {not flag_ftp_banner_submitted} [Submit Flag: FTP Banner] + -> submit_ftp_banner + ++ {not flag_http_analysis_submitted} [Submit Flag: HTTP Analysis] + -> submit_http_analysis + ++ {not flag_distcc_exploit_submitted} [Submit Flag: distcc Exploitation] + -> submit_distcc_exploit + ++ [View submission history] + -> view_history + ++ [Exit terminal] + #exit_conversation + -> DONE + +// =========================================== +// FLAG 1: NETWORK SCAN +// =========================================== + +=== submit_scan_network === +#speaker:computer + +Enter intercepted intelligence flag: + +> flag{literal}{network_scan_complete} + +Processing... + +✓ FLAG VERIFIED +✓ Intelligence authenticated +✓ Network reconnaissance data decoded + +ANALYSIS REPORT: +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +Target Network: 192.168.100.0/24 +Services Identified: +- FTP (vsftpd 2.3.4) on port 21 +- HTTP (Apache 2.4.18) on port 80 +- distcc daemon on port 3632 +- SSH on port 22 + +Assessment: Zero Day training network confirmed active. +Multiple vulnerable services detected for client training. + +SAFETYNET Intelligence: This network profile matches +ENTROPY operational training environments. Proceed with +service-level enumeration. + +Unlocked: Banner grabbing and HTTP analysis objectives + +~ flag_scan_network_submitted = true +~ flags_submitted_count += 1 + +#complete_task:scan_network +#unlock_task:ftp_banner +#unlock_task:http_analysis + ++ [Continue] + -> hub + +// =========================================== +// FLAG 2: FTP BANNER +// =========================================== + +=== submit_ftp_banner === +#speaker:computer + +Enter intercepted intelligence flag: + +> flag{literal}{ftp_intel_gathered} + +Processing... + +✓ FLAG VERIFIED +✓ FTP service banner decoded +✓ Client codename extracted + +ANALYSIS REPORT: +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +Service: vsftpd 2.3.4 (Backdoor variant) +Banner: "Welcome to GHOST training server" + +CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE: +Codename "GHOST" identified in FTP welcome banner. + +Cross-reference: GHOST is known alias for Ransomware Inc +operations against healthcare infrastructure. + +M2 HOSPITAL ATTACK CONNECTION: +St. Catherine's Regional Medical Center ransomware +deployment used "GHOST" signature in encrypted notes. + +ASSESSMENT: Confirms Zero Day provided training/testing +environment for Ransomware Inc hospital attacks. + +~ flag_ftp_banner_submitted = true +~ flags_submitted_count += 1 + +#complete_task:ftp_banner + ++ [This proves the M2 connection...] + You input: This confirms Zero Day trained the M2 attackers. + + System response: Affirmative. Evidence chain strengthening. + Continue gathering intelligence. + -> hub + ++ [Continue] + -> hub + +// =========================================== +// FLAG 3: HTTP ANALYSIS +// =========================================== + +=== submit_http_analysis === +#speaker:computer + +Enter intercepted intelligence flag: + +> flag{literal}{pricing_intel_decoded} + +Processing... + +✓ FLAG VERIFIED +✓ Base64-encoded pricing data decoded +✓ Commercial intelligence extracted + +ANALYSIS REPORT: +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +HTTP Service: Apache 2.4.18 +Hidden Data: Base64-encoded comment in HTML + +DECODED PRICING STRUCTURE: +--- +CVSS 9.0-10.0 (CRITICAL): $35,000 base +CVSS 7.0-8.9 (HIGH): $15,000-$20,000 base +CVSS 4.0-6.9 (MEDIUM): $6,000-$7,500 base + +SECTOR PREMIUMS: +Healthcare: +30% (delayed incident response) +Energy/Infrastructure: +40% (regulatory scrutiny) +Finance: +25% (insurance budgets) +Education: +15% (limited resources) +--- + +ASSESSMENT: Commercial exploit marketplace confirmed. +Pricing model optimized for targeting vulnerable sectors. + +"Healthcare premium" explicitly references victims' +inability to respond quickly. Calculated exploitation +of defensive weaknesses. + +RECOMMENDATION: Correlate with physical evidence of +exploit sales. Locate transaction records. + +~ flag_http_analysis_submitted = true +~ flags_submitted_count += 1 + +#complete_task:http_analysis + ++ [They charge MORE to attack the vulnerable...] + You input: Healthcare premium = profiting from victims' weakness + + System response: Correct assessment. Evidence of calculated harm. + This strengthens prosecution case significantly. + -> hub + ++ [Continue] + -> hub + +// =========================================== +// FLAG 4: DISTCC EXPLOITATION (CRITICAL) +// =========================================== + +=== submit_distcc_exploit === +#speaker:computer + +Enter intercepted intelligence flag: + +> flag{literal}{distcc_legacy_compromised} + +Processing... + +✓ FLAG VERIFIED +✓ distcc service exploitation successful +✓ Operational logs accessed + +⚠ CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE ALERT ⚠ + +ANALYSIS REPORT: +━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ +Service: distcc daemon (CVE-2004-2687) +Exploitation: Remote code execution achieved +Access Level: Full system compromise + +OPERATIONAL LOGS RECOVERED: + +> Exploit deployment log (2024-05-15): + ProFTPD 1.3.5 backdoor CVE-2010-4652 + CLIENT: GHOST (Ransomware Incorporated) + TARGET: St. Catherine's Regional Medical Center + PRICE: $12,500 ($9,615 base + $2,885 healthcare premium) + STATUS: Delivered + AUTHORIZATION: Victoria Sterling (Cipher) + ARCHITECT DIRECTIVE: Priority - Healthcare Phase 1 + +⚠ M2 HOSPITAL ATTACK - DIRECT EVIDENCE ⚠ + +This is the smoking gun. Zero Day Syndicate sold the +exact exploit used in the St. Catherine's attack that +killed 6 people in critical care. + +Payment received. Exploit delivered. Attack executed. + +ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE: +Reference to "The Architect" - likely ENTROPY leadership. +"Healthcare Phase 1" suggests coordinated multi-phase +attack campaign. + +SPAWNING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: +Check executive office for operational logs document. +May contain Phase 2 targeting information. + +~ flag_distcc_exploit_submitted = true +~ flags_submitted_count += 1 + +#complete_task:distcc_exploit +#unlock_task:find_operational_logs + ++ [We have them. We can prove everything.] + You input: This proves causation. Zero Day → GHOST → St. Catherine's. + + System response: Affirmative. Evidence chain complete. + 6 fatalities directly attributable to Zero Day sales. + Federal prosecution viable with this evidence. + -> m2_revelation_event + ++ [Continue] + -> m2_revelation_event + +// =========================================== +// M2 REVELATION EVENT (After distcc flag) +// =========================================== + +=== m2_revelation_event === +#speaker:computer + +TRIGGERING EVENT: M2_REVELATION +Connecting to Agent 0x99... + +[Terminal displays: INCOMING SECURE CALL] + +#trigger_event:m2_revelation_call + +The terminal remains active for further submissions. + +-> hub + +// =========================================== +// VIEW SUBMISSION HISTORY +// =========================================== + +=== view_history === +#speaker:computer + +╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗ +║ SUBMISSION HISTORY LOG ║ +╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝ + +Flags submitted: {flags_submitted_count}/4 + +{flag_scan_network_submitted: + ✓ FLAG 1: Network Scan (192.168.100.0/24) + Status: Verified | Services enumerated +} + +{flag_ftp_banner_submitted: + ✓ FLAG 2: FTP Banner (GHOST codename) + Status: Verified | M2 connection identified +} + +{flag_http_analysis_submitted: + ✓ FLAG 3: HTTP Pricing Data + Status: Verified | Exploit pricing model decoded +} + +{flag_distcc_exploit_submitted: + ✓ FLAG 4: distcc Exploitation (CRITICAL) + Status: Verified | Operational logs recovered + ⚠ M2 smoking gun evidence confirmed +} + +{flags_submitted_count == 4: + ═══════════════════════════════════════════ + ALL FLAGS SUBMITTED - MISSION CRITICAL + Evidence package complete for prosecution. + ═══════════════════════════════════════════ +} + ++ [Return to main menu] + -> hub + +// =========================================== +// END +// ===========================================