October 2009
10 posts
Pushing the Envelope
My suspicions from earlier in the week are correct. Yesterday I attended a mandatory all-day training session on internal security. I’m concerned that the sloppy procedures I’ve been exploiting to get our information won’t last much longer. I may have already done all that I can. That said, I’ve abandoned any idea of protecting my career. This is much too big and much too important for my cozy...
Cultural Artifacts
First, tremendous thanks to Rowan for decrypting the document from San Francisco. Apparently it was a much more difficult process this time. Here’s the plaintext document: Re: Project Naaczaal Status Briefing, October 20 We have encountered some significant challenges regarding site location, and we are bringing our allies to table to negotiate on our behalf. We are examining a number of fallback...
A New Code
Here’s the deciphered document from Atlanta, thanks to David:
RE: Project Naaczaal
Status Briefing, October 18
Some green passholders are demanding an upgrade in accommodation as a matter of value for money. They indicate that more funds and passes may be purchased if these demands are fully met, but that failure to meet this demand might result in withholding of the balance of funds...
From Atlanta
Yet another successful interception. Your persistence and loyalty are nothing short of miraculous. The decryption from last week is here: RE: Project Naaczaal Status Briefing, October 14 As per previous notice, due to a critical breach we are performing an immediate Level 3 security sweep. As a result, your access information for our secure file system has been changed. Your new password for the...
Animals?
If you had told me a year ago that I’d be investigating my employer for widespread fraud in connection with the construction of some form of escape vehicle in preparation for the end of the world in 2012, I think you know exactly what I would have thought. And yet it seems that is precisely what it’s come to. This is a bigger game than mere taxpayer fraud, and the stakes are higher yet. But...
Post from the Road
I have to make this quick, I think I’m being observed. The document from Friday, in plaintext:
RE: PROJECT NAACZAAL
STATUS BRIEFING OCTOBER TEN
SMALL SCALE PROTOTYPING AND COMPLETE TESTING OF PROPULSION SYSTEM HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND ARE A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
ORIGINAL DESIGNS HAVE OVERPERFORMED PREDICTIONS SIGNIFICANTLY, AND AS A RESULT THE FULL SCALE BUILD BLUEPRINTS WILL BE ADJUSTED TO...
Gears That Grind
I understand some of you have received a message indicating that our activities have not gone undetected. “Level 3 security sweep,” indeed. My access to information at work has indeed been somewhat curtailed, but the particular method I’ve been using still works for me. I’ll keep going if you will.
On Friday, another of you retrieved information from Chicago. Here is the cipher text it...
Curiouser and Curiouser
Thanks to quick work on the part of Ricardo and Rowan, we now know what the encrypted file from Los Angeles on Monday said:
RE: PROJECT NAACZAAL
STATUS BRIEFING, OCTOBER SECOND
WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING A LOCATION NOW FOR FULL SCALE CONSTRUCTION.
REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:
1. SECURITY IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE ABLE TO CONTROL INFORMATION INTO AND OUT OF THE...
The Taste of Success
It’s a big relief that some of you were able to intercept the Naaczaal information in Los Angeles. As I understand, the packages contained a few pages of schematics and another encrypted document. From this little information, I can’t get a firm grasp on what it is that they’re building, though. Take a look for yourself.
185: 171916116421 1633523314
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Encryption: Zero, Readers: One
It’s nice to know there are some brainy types out there reading this. Thanks to Dave, Rowan, and Dustin, among others, for emailing me a decrypted version. It just makes me wonder even more what this Project Naaczaal is, and what it’s for. The equipment that has gone missing already isn’t exactly cheap… and yet it isn’t enough?
The full decrypted text is as follows.
RE: PROJECT ...