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September 08, 2012, 01:34:02 PM
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It seems the good old NO YOU game.

The tax returns to have 1 mil dollar delivered first...
1 mil dollar to have the tax returns delivered first...

This way nobody gonna move, still plenty of publicity for everybody, and nobody has the inconvenience to be called up on their claim.

Yes, but there is a difference: most people would agree that demanding a million-dollar irreversible payment without any proof the goods exist is unreasonable. Larry demanding a small, free taster first, however, is quite reasonable.

The fact that hackers' demands are so unreasonable tells me that this whole story is a hoax.


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September 08, 2012, 01:38:02 PM
Last edit: September 08, 2012, 01:55:43 PM by Vladimir
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Bloody hell that's an interesting twist, If it's not fake he'll still have to pay by bitcoin and we're probably in for a rally!!

Looks like the Larry Flynt angle is legit... http://www.mediaite.com/online/larry-flynt-is-offering-one-million-dollars-for-details-of-romneys-tax-returns/

This might get out of control fast lol

"unless the Romney campaign wire transfers $1 million in Bitcoins." LOL Suckers at mediafire have no idea what Bitcoin is.

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September 08, 2012, 07:10:31 PM
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Breaking down yesterdays developments for the masses:

http://theclag.org/romney-return-release-update/
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September 08, 2012, 07:45:59 PM
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Wow, the rabbit hole just got deeper

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September 08, 2012, 07:49:59 PM
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Wow, the rabbit hole just got deeper

who's is that Austin, Tx address?
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September 08, 2012, 07:56:31 PM
Last edit: September 08, 2012, 09:05:01 PM by labestiol
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GPUMAX  Shocked Grin

http://www.corporationwiki.com/Unknown/Unknown/gpumax-technologies-llc/101278778.aspx

Though they are not the only ones :

http://www.corporationwiki.com/Texas/Austin/815-Brazos-St-Ste-500-Austin-TX-78701-a17332777.aspx

BTW who did that analysis JDBound ?
First time I see info in a sound file, that's a really nice idea

EDIT : whoops, was some pages late

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September 08, 2012, 07:56:51 PM
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Wow, the rabbit hole just got deeper

who's is that Austin, Tx address?

Its the company that registered Pirates business
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September 08, 2012, 08:10:00 PM
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GPUMAX  Shocked Grin

http://www.corporationwiki.com/Unknown/Unknown/gpumax-technologies-llc/101278778.aspx

Though they are not the only ones :

http://www.corporationwiki.com/Texas/Austin/815-Brazos-St-Ste-500-Austin-TX-78701-a17332777.aspx

BTW who did that analysis JDBound ?
First time I see info in a sound file, that's a really nice idea

that was cool.
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September 08, 2012, 08:50:04 PM
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First time I see info in a sound file, that's a really nice idea

Aphex Twin (band) actually did this a while ago.  I don't know if they pioneered it, but it is pretty cool:

http://www.bastwood.com/?page_id=10

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September 09, 2012, 08:16:02 AM
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Did anyone analyze the where.wav further? I don't have the tools, but it is possible that there also is a LSB encoded message in the sound file, i.e. each 16 bit value in each channel has the LSB substituted to form a binary message? The spectrograms posted shows some random dots which might only be artifacts.
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September 09, 2012, 05:47:38 PM
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More binary showed up this morning.

http://x.co/nbvq
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ruxz4

The password protected .rar file looks clean and contains:

2007.pdf
2008.pdf
2009.pdf
2010.pdf



I tried a few passwords but nothing. Don't have time to keep trying right now.

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September 09, 2012, 05:59:06 PM
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More binary showed up this morning.

http://x.co/nbvq
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ruxz4

The password protected .rar file looks clean and contains:

2007.pdf
2008.pdf
2009.pdf
2010.pdf



I tried a few passwords but nothing. Don't have time to keep trying right now.



Are these the encrypted returns from 07-10 the hacker says he will release the password to?

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September 09, 2012, 06:03:15 PM
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It still doesn't prove anything Smiley

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September 09, 2012, 06:12:20 PM
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It still doesn't prove anything Smiley
No, but if the romney camp know which years of tax returns got taken this will turn up the pressure on them  Cheesy
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September 09, 2012, 06:37:01 PM
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More binary showed up this morning.

http://x.co/nbvq
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ruxz4

The password protected .rar file looks clean and contains:

2007.pdf
2008.pdf
2009.pdf
2010.pdf



I tried a few passwords but nothing. Don't have time to keep trying right now.



My bet still is that we are being taken for a ride, but... What algorithm is used for rar encryption?  In this case we can assume we know certain things about the plain text (pdf file structure).

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September 09, 2012, 06:46:08 PM
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More binary showed up this morning.

http://x.co/nbvq
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ruxz4

The password protected .rar file looks clean and contains:

2007.pdf
2008.pdf
2009.pdf
2010.pdf



I tried a few passwords but nothing. Don't have time to keep trying right now.



My bet still is that we are being taken for a ride, but... What algorithm is used for rar encryption?  In this case we can assume we know certain things about the plain text (pdf file structure).

here's a distributed gpu-supporting parallel rar pw cracker: http://www.parallelrecovery.com/rar-password.html

there's probably free/opensource tools, too.

PGP key molecular F9B70769 fingerprint 9CDD C0D3 20F8 279F 6BE0  3F39 FC49 2362 F9B7 0769
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September 09, 2012, 08:51:51 PM
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Hashcat is opensource linux. Runs on miner hardware also with underclocked ram. They have a good forum with a lot of tip's usable for optimising up your miner if you run linux also i.e. cmd line fan control, gpu temp etc.

A 6 gpu miner should crack an 8 character pw in 2.5 seconds if I remember right.
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September 09, 2012, 08:59:35 PM
Last edit: September 10, 2012, 02:35:11 AM by JDBound
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CLAG is now offering a 1.0 BTC bounty for the first person to brute force this and generate a valid password.

To contribute please send donations to the address in my sig.

I will keep a running total of the bounty in this post if it ends up taking a while.


TOTAL BOUNTY: 2.06833783 BTC

Contributors:
CLAG: 1.0 BTC
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September 09, 2012, 09:11:34 PM
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CLAG is now offering a 1.0 BTC bounty for the first person to crack this and generate a valid password.

To contribute please send donations to the address in my sig.

I will keep a running total of the bounty in this post if it ends up taking a while.


TOTAL BOUNTY: 1.0 BTC

Contributors:
CLAG: 1.0 BTC
Bet you can do it for under $1mil  Cheesy
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September 09, 2012, 10:07:38 PM
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CLAG is now offering a 1.0 BTC bounty for the first person to crack this and generate a valid password.

To contribute please send donations to the address in my sig.

I will keep a running total of the bounty in this post if it ends up taking a while.


TOTAL BOUNTY: 1.0 BTC

Contributors:
CLAG: 1.0 BTC

I just donated 1/4 of the bounty. Are you raising the bounty on donations?


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