VictimOfScience
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Has anyone seen/heard anything about this site? I have looked into it to some extent and found that the puzzles reveal clues to unlock concept art and video of what looks to be an undersea videogame, but no one seems to have put anything together about the name, the Naval references, the cryptographic references, etc. Here is what I have put together so far:
--The site is called Gorgonbox.
--It is provides an encryption/decryption tool.
--The site has an underwater look and feel, along with at least one unlockable video depicting underwater action.
--The most famous Gorgon was Medusa.
--'Medusa' was the Kriegsmarine name of one of the Enigma ciphers used in WW2 by German U-boats in the Mediterranean.
--This cipher had a key that changed daily, just as the one for gorgonbox.com does(presumably--I haven't tried it on different days yet).
--This cipher was broken almost immediately after it was put into use in June 1943.
Anyway, this is probably just another publicity stunt like ilovebees or ourcolony, but this one looks Sony related(at least the lettering in the video does) and seems a bit more well-thought-out than the aforementioned sites. Though the reference to a Nazi crypto system that was compromised so quickly and has long been compromised leaves one wondering, "Why this one?"
Just curious to see if anyone else might have some interesting insights...
--The site is called Gorgonbox.
--It is provides an encryption/decryption tool.
--The site has an underwater look and feel, along with at least one unlockable video depicting underwater action.
--The most famous Gorgon was Medusa.
--'Medusa' was the Kriegsmarine name of one of the Enigma ciphers used in WW2 by German U-boats in the Mediterranean.
--This cipher had a key that changed daily, just as the one for gorgonbox.com does(presumably--I haven't tried it on different days yet).
--This cipher was broken almost immediately after it was put into use in June 1943.
Anyway, this is probably just another publicity stunt like ilovebees or ourcolony, but this one looks Sony related(at least the lettering in the video does) and seems a bit more well-thought-out than the aforementioned sites. Though the reference to a Nazi crypto system that was compromised so quickly and has long been compromised leaves one wondering, "Why this one?"
Just curious to see if anyone else might have some interesting insights...
