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Pivoting a bilingual target's social accounts - PwnMe 2023

Pivoting across a bilingual target's social accounts where key information hides in only one language. PwnMe 2023 OSINT write-up.

Introduction

This challenge is an OSINT challenge from the PWNME CTF.

Context explanation

John Droper is a Franco-British individual who leaves an enormous digital footprint.

(Note: He speaks both English and French, and some information can only be found through one of these languages.)

Directive

You have to find one of his main social media

Solution

All we start with is a name, so everything begins from a web search.

Since the goal is a social account, I checked Facebook first. Searching his name turned up a profile matching it, with a fittingly sketchy profile picture.

Facebook profile

The flag is sitting in the details under the “about” section.

Facebook flag

Flag : PWNME{TG9uZyBsaXZlIHRoZSB0cmFpbnMsIGxvbmcgbGl2}