BRAINIAC 5

[googledox]

● BRAINIAC 5 ∵ QUERL DOX

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Sent as a cryptogram hidden in a network-hosted crossword puzzle

[xrater]

By the way, the new boy's actions have me considering whether or not Texas should consider restricting a new account's access to older logs. At least until a solid feel on them has been gained.

[googledox]

[He solves it instantly and sends back a similar puzzle in the shifting color patterns of a kandy krush style game that ultimately spell out things in binary.]

[There is nothing tying it to Brainy, though how many New Hires could notice and solve that?]

[But it's about plausible deniability not a tried and true smokescreen.]

Access to past posts can be given manually in the future. Someone's first pass at any current encrypted logs can tell us a lot.

The sheer pageantry involved in how he acted versus just running right to Jorgmund tells me it's a front of some kind, but nothing wrong with playing it safe.

[xrater]

[She spends a little too long enjoying the simplicity of the game before replying. The response comes in an ultimately Sisyphean game about rolling a two dimensional boulder up a hill while racing a wall of fire. The circular boulder's measurements are off. Calculating them will reveal missing digits of pi that equate to the letters of the English alphabet.]

He may have genuinely had good intentions, but I distrust anyone who thinks being malicious enough to throw torture into a victim's face is a good way to call attention to perceived security threats is a good idea.

If he were doing so in public, playing the role there, that would be one thing, but in a safe space like that? It's been luck of the draw that we haven't run into anyone like that before now, discounting Rose Tattoo, who had unintended access, and Ronald, who is too genuinely damaged to be a serious threat.