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# MetaCTF


## You've Got a Friend In Me (and Discord) - 50
Throughout this competition (and in life), don't be afraid to ask questions or look up things that you may be unfamiliar with. Professionals do it everyday, and it's how we learn.
For this challenge, send a message that says "recon challenge" to the MetaMail bot in Discord. The flag is included in the reply from the bot. Once you are in the Discord, you can click on the people icon to view the member list. Click on the MetaMail bot to send it a DM.
During the competition, you can use the MetaMail bot to ask questions. Not in the MetaCTF Discord? join here: https://discord.gg/aeqmgqh & make sure your teammates are in Discord too :)

BOT RESPONSE:
```Welcome to MetaCTF CyberGames! If you're here for a flag, here it is: asking_questions_is_how_we_learn!. Once you copy the flag, click the lock to close this thread. Otherwise, the admin team will get back to you asap.```

### MetaCTF{asking_questions_is_how_we_learn!}



##  Stands For Cryptography - 100
Welcome to the crypto team! We help consult in a variety of areas around the security department, helping to make sure our company is using proper encryption, data storage, and data transfer mechanisms.
The data security team said they currently use something called Base64 to "encrypt" data. They want to know if that's a secure way to store sensitive data, and provided a sample of data:
`TWV0YUNURntiYXNlNjRfZW5jMGRpbmdfaXNfbjB0X3RoZV9zYW1lX2FzX2VuY3J5cHRpMG4hfQ==`
Is it secure? Can you crack it?

### MetaCTF{base64_enc0ding_is_n0t_the_same_as_encrypti0n!}



## Solved:
### Flag Format - 50
### Forensics 101 - 100




