Competition: Gui Says Hack It

Finished
Gui Says Hack It

You walk into a dimly lit room with flickering lights. Junk is nearly piled to the ceiling, spilling off of the tables and onto the floor. In the midst of the chaos you see a scruffy boy staring into a data-pad with a unique twinkle in his eye.

“Ah-ha!” The kid shouts, pumping his fist in victory, care-free as he finally notices your silhouette. “Oh, hey. Sorry if I startled you. It’s just, I finally cracked it.” He says as intrigue causes you to step in a bit further.

“It's easy, if you want to learn, give it a try.” He adds, thrusting his data-pad into your chest.


This will be a timed event and the grading is quite simple. The fastest time wins.

Subscribe to the event and receive a hint and the puzzle.

Competition Information
Organized by
Gui Sol
Running time
2020-02-01 until 2020-02-17 (17 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Flash Gaming/Puzzles
Awards
Fourth Level Crescents
Participants
32 subscribers, of which 17 have participated.
Results
Member
Mandalorian Dral Falgorth
Subscription time
02 February 2020
Submission time
02 February 2020
Time taken
201 seconds (± 3 minutes)
Textual submission

hsnetdtoctarsereiteoiehferheh

Placement
1st place
Member
Warlord Brimstone aka Seabr'imsto'nedansr
Subscription time
17 February 2020
Submission time
17 February 2020
Time taken
219 seconds (± 4 minutes)
Textual submission

08-19-14-05-20-04-20-15-03-20-01-18-19-05-18-05-09-20-05-15-09-05-08-06-05-18-08-05-08
H S N E T D T O C T A R S E R E I T E O I E H F E R H E H

Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Lucine Vasano
Member
Lucine Vasano
Subscription time
01 February 2020
Submission time
01 February 2020
Time taken
243 seconds (± 4 minutes)
Submission
Lucine Vasano opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
3rd place
Member
Agate Gua'lara
Subscription time
01 February 2020
Submission time
01 February 2020
Time taken
439 seconds (± 7 minutes)
Submission
Agate Gua'lara opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Blade Master Aiden Lee Deshra
Subscription time
01 February 2020
Submission time
01 February 2020
Time taken
1705 seconds (± 28 minutes)
Submission
Blade Master Aiden Lee Deshra opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Sulxiros
Subscription time
01 February 2020
Submission time
01 February 2020
Time taken
2517 seconds (± 42 minutes)
Submission
Sulxiros opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Lumyi Hicyl
Subscription time
03 February 2020
Submission time
03 February 2020
Time taken
287 seconds (± 5 minutes)
Textual submission

HSNETDTOTCTARSEREITEOIEHFERHEH

Placement
No placement
Member
Blade Mistress Alaisy "Aphotis" Tir'eivra
Subscription time
04 February 2020
Submission time
04 February 2020
Time taken
1234 seconds (± 21 minutes)
Submission
Blade Mistress Alaisy "Aphotis" Tir'eivra opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Dr. Aru Law
Subscription time
04 February 2020
Submission time
04 February 2020
Time taken
554 seconds (± 9 minutes)
Textual submission

HSNETOCTARSEREITEOIEHFERHEH

Placement
No placement
Member
Grand Inquisitor Lizuni Heraga
Subscription time
07 February 2020
Submission time
07 February 2020
Time taken
581 seconds (± 10 minutes)
Submission
Grand Inquisitor Lizuni Heraga opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Mauro Wynter
Subscription time
08 February 2020
Submission time
08 February 2020
Time taken
281 seconds (± 5 minutes)
Textual submission

HSNETDTOCTARSEOIEFEREH

Placement
No placement
Member
Tomora Nay'ek
Subscription time
08 February 2020
Submission time
08 February 2020
Time taken
1933 seconds (± 32 minutes)
Submission
Tomora Nay'ek opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Cymbre Kall
Subscription time
10 February 2020
Submission time
10 February 2020
Time taken
941 seconds (± 16 minutes)
Submission
Cymbre Kall opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
General Seraine "Erinyes" Taldrya Ténama
Subscription time
16 February 2020
Submission time
16 February 2020
Time taken
571 seconds (± 10 minutes)
Textual submission

HSNETDTOCTARSEREOTEPOEHFERHSH. :P

Placement
No placement
Member
Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Tyris
Subscription time
12 February 2020
Submission time
12 February 2020
Time taken
336 seconds (± 6 minutes)
Textual submission

HSNETDTOCTARSEREITEOIEHFERHEH

Placement
No placement
Member
Vorran Shadowfeather
Subscription time
17 February 2020
Submission time
17 February 2020
Time taken
492 seconds (± 8 minutes)
Submission
Vorran Shadowfeather opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Malevek
Subscription time
10 February 2020
Submission time
17 February 2020
Time taken
607800 seconds (± 7 days)
File submission
Hidden code DBJ.docx
Textual submission

I wasn't able to decode this message. I need a better hint than "the numbers correspond to the English alphabet". With A = 0 and Z = 26 the mapping of the numbers are ITOFUEUDUBTFSFJUFPJFIGFSIFI. I've tried every variant of shift ciphers I know on this but intelligible comes out of it. I also experimented with a number of affine shift ciphers (Ax+B) mod 26 using https://cryptii.com/pipes/affine-cipher but nothing came out of that. This while performing a frequency analysis of the letters and numbers to come up with logical guesses. I have also considered a flipped alphabet encoding. Nothing I try seems to yield a useful message.

Placement
No placement