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BSidesLV Badge Challenge 3 w/answer

Our third challenge was a columnar transposition cipher, whose Key was LASVEGAS, which gave you 8 columns reordered to 5 1 6 8 3 4 2 7. 

 

Deciphered was:
InthetradethelegitimatetradeIv
eneverdonepornowecalltherawpro
ductdrydreamsDrydreamsareneura
loutputfromlevelsofconsciousne
ssthatmostpeoplecanonlyaccessi
nsleepButartiststhekindIworkwi
thattheAutonomicPilotareableto
breakthesurfacetensiondivedown
deepdownandoutoutintoJungsseaa
ndbringbackwelldreamsKeepitsim
pleIguesssomeartistshavealways
donethatinwhatevermediumbutneu
roelectronicsletsusaccesstheex
perienceandthenetgetsitallouto
nthewiresowecanpackageitsellit
watchhowitmovesinthemarketWell
themorethingschangeThatssometh
ingmyfatherlikedtosayemailpass
wordtacoswarmtobanasidheatbsid
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Congratulations to @EggDropX for being the first person to claim the Week 3 Challenge Badge.

 

(Quote from William Gibson’s “The Winter Market”)