Mr. Robot treasure hunt - puzzles

[Enrique Cobas]

If anyone likes IT and puzzle games (or even CTF-like contests), take a look at Mr. Robot's little treasure-hunt games. The last one gave out $45,000 worth of sweatshirts (509 shirts) and the next one I think is $100k in prizes. I've pasted the solutions to the first contest below so you can see what it's like. Note that that phone number was written small, on a label on a box that was on the screen for less than 1 second.

The season 2 premiere already had several clues, including a working QR code that points to a real URL and several other real working IP addreses and URLs shown briefly on-screen.

-Enrique

CONFIRMED CLUES

• Phone number at 0:41 in the trailer

  212-804-6003

• Calling the number plays the following message

  Thank you for calling the E-Corp helpline. Following the recent events, were experiencing an unusually high caller volume. To avoid waiting and for more information please visit out webpage at www...
  *breaking up noise*
  "In order for the light to shine so brightly the darkness must be present"
  *series of beeps*

• Translating the beeps into A's and B's gives

  AABABBAAABABBABAAABAAAABBABBABBAABABAAABAABBB

• The quote in the message is attributed to Francis Bacon, hinting at the use of the Bacon Cipher. Decoding the beeps using this cipher gives

  FSOCDOTSH

  which can be interpreted as the URL www.fsoc.sh

• At fsoc.sh, an eye appears looking at letters and numbers around the page. The order is as follows

  4C4F4F4B205550

• Converting this from hexadecimal to ASCII gives

  LOOK UP

• The blinking pattern of the cursor at the top of fsoc.sh converts to the following Morse code

  .-.. . .- ...- . / -- . / .... . .-. .

• The Morse code translates to

  LEAVE ME HERE

  which works as the password redirecting to https://www.fsoc.sh/KqQsv82u8A/

• FREE T-SHIRTS FSOCIETY UNIFORMS!

• The contest form redirects to http://www.whoismrrobot.com/ which is the show's normal promotional website, suggesting that this is likely the end of the ARG

[nancy lessons]

Woooooo......!

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[Ethan M]

I really get into these kind of puzzles.

https://www.reddit.com/r/holidaybullshit/

Anyone participate in the Holiday Bullshit puzzle?

I really hope CAH does another one, but I think last year was the final installment.