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RM100,000 Is Being Offered To Anyone Who Can Decipher These Codes. Think You Can?

Challenge accepted?

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Do you have a knack for puzzle-solving and code breaking? Ever wondered how your God-gifted talent could be put into good use?

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Malaysians have recently been presented with the challenge to crack three codes below with a handsome prize of RM100,000 in cash:

CODE 1

–##–eyJHMDkwMjQwQiI6IlVFMFFJZG5ERFl2K1wvdkUrY20wT2JnbHhGR1wvYkJhcGlrRmlaWmtSWFwvVktIM1dKc20zTlVDVjJXWDB4YTRUVFJpVEJvVDN5NFZGNHNmNllmanVKWGdZSmlOcExKZVZOajUycGtYNURXbUZ5RGxZVkhXRWRVQ0JOTVVhYm1SSWhuXC9tWVY0a1ZqME5oUnJJQlwvM1ZNTEhzY1JvYXl1WDhhWnkzQ1pOOUNSSGtvPSJ9–##–XMthlftLS6A62CLoaRG9I6lRCmmktQ1ZF8rkfIYZmOMI/oS26IXrm2dHgTmLsVFi5kK0EYvlSjzOkn14uMOGJCIkYpghmGm3FSsRGfRrRUGKetvAsokQi+Sra3RmxoxXCWwBuVwdNt9pMadvItMzdFYinyhNmw+OBbYuPgmIiQwwtOydHJ46y9U8kJYlNzEfjH4hnc3GsD+xfwZQutQXYi1C+PxOGpIcvwjIoTccGL4Wp673JFHjs/EjREtCz9Lq–##–

CODE 2

–##–eyJHMDkwNjQ3MiI6IkRZbjg1NUpKVnJOajRuV055akNnUGlwdllBSjVXUDJPeHRxdDBzeVltNlN5ZUlkbXNwNnFRMzNQdVZQT1wvQ2tLVzNLUURsK2ZkajZLK2I3bytDNTlYMGdia3hIcHlyUmtwbUFBRUUzZEhSXC9RcUU3QTlOUGFWcGk3NjhleVA0ZFdLR0orYjZTQVZGVGF4amV4Y1A3THVBdVFCcHpCemlxcXpiSjNjZDFINjhBPSJ9–##–K1JCm+R+1MEZhcOtN8bLNui4ulpKbPaDqB2pzq5gSB2M4k77oxb4PTkFaEt1z3YZxJ8OVMQyCSFcfQePwbwjxLqbq00+kVmNdw4j30Cd/459RBCfDsRodayJdoACk91mn+PLCor2bjJa4ZOJn6D3kvJS0HV85mVnxe1bgWFqrW+rzyQZGjKO/i53MH3vdCSEmjpxLHmziRq2xHoDGKDm7Y5KLto949aAZVOZNkD83pSNOjja2nNuQZuetjCzR2tn1uDZ3iHHxzpdkBeJ6I8pj7YifljZ9bMqSKk8c2LhPGO06gJvCfgetnkjh0CC28rk–##–

CODE 3

–##–eyJHMDkwNkIyRCI6Ik81ck5DcG1Tb0VyZUFUNGVxSFk0c2RGRW9Fc0F2ZHJSQ21aenBRUktqMHNoYnNlY2ozak9uYkt1c2drajJaUjZrMHlzMHVaSUZ3ckMyRmpWbmVOaWdPc2Vud3hoTkNzZWIzUDRkK2syM1dNdUFRYVNJNTAzWHdDcGcyWnVaYnhtbWpOQnFPd2E3cFhFczRGajJaUENvcG4zRDJCQ1hpaFRCeXNlUndhQnU1QT0ifQ==–##–Rnk1a0AO/xWjkTbJ08r0abZ12Bz+edMuOWXrAk9BfoB3vrXS4zaZsNwIYIsGwieo/OR/BzRBOnmRFW0dsieLYXKr1cBswqtKgnS+xhjjDmlfPFwemZzoIOe2X4FWmuwgluKSMkk+vPxpa9LwkAx3tqiUYsYY2tKjR5HP5D3T2N/1JqdJaKcXw4cQwnwmvqmma+Dzb76Q01Pk8+n6MzoTJ1wG21h2HgM1g2ZelELcgXu+jBdO4jtPpqgWy3w1FnNBlFLoVp7ey5QiaDkLEJvJksfbBooEDLc+4Cmf7U5QNrg8uNY7XXfSAo7PPTaVOoDT–##–

These codes were encrypted using military grade AES256 encryption

AES256 is a symmetrical encryption algorithm that has become ubiquitous, due to the acceptance of the algorithm by the U.S. and Canadian governments as standards for encrypting transited data and data at rest.

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The organisers of the contest, who chose to remain anonymous (not the hacker group yeah), told us that the contest is open to all Malaysians and Singaporeans

Many have tried breaking the codes...

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... but to no avail

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According to one of our SAYS web developers, this is not going to be easy and could take years. A collective team effort will be more effective given the high level of difficulty.

BUT, don't let that stop you from trying. Who knows, you might be the next Alan Turing...

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The contest ends this coming Thursday, 17 September. So, you better get it cracking! Full contest details can be found here.

RM100,000 is a lot of money. How about spending it on some new Apple products?

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