The concept of the wizard contest is simple. Use the clues provided to you to navigate your way through the contest.

The first member to message me with the solution, including all of the steps taken to complete the contest will win one month of gold membership, and the coveted Wizard badge!

There are several hints built into the contest. Nothing is an accident.

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Best of luck!

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Welcome, Operative.

We've received word that the secretive North Korean regime is planning to launch a stolen and fully functional thermonuclear MIRV in response to continued aggression in the area. The target is unknown at this point, but we can expect thousands of deaths if they are successful in their plans.

Your mission is simple: extract the keys so that our engineers can sabotage the launch.

Inside intelligence suggests that they are storing the launch keys on a secure, internal network. We believe certain servers on the network may be vulnerable to attack, drawing a path to the keys. The diagram below documents all information we currently possess on the network. It should be enough to get you started, but you will likely need to perform your own reconnaissance to complete your task.



To confirm mission completion, please forward the decrypted keys to the mission officer via communications on this site, as well as a detailed description of all steps taken to infiltrate the network.

You will be joined by a team of other operatives, but only the first to complete the mission will be rewarded with the coveted [REDACTED] medal.

Good luck.