Instructions

These challenges are all on the theme of steganography: the art of hiding messages in plain sight.

Each challenge leads you to a password which unlocks points. You have one hour to get as many points as you can

Click on the Challenges button in the top right of the screen to get started

Challenges

Word

Tiny text

Find the hidden password in this word document

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Wings

Find the hidden password in this word document

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Black and White

Find the hidden password in this word document

This challenge is worth 10 points

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The final word

Nothing's hidden in this word document. What's the final word?

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Document Author

Someone made this invoice. Can you find the name of the author?

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Spell Check

There's one word that's not been spelled correctly. Could that be the password?

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Search

OCR is acknowledged as the?

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Nice and easy

Find the password in the word document.

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Counting

There's a clue in here somewhere

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Wait a second... letter

Look carefully...

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Publisher

I am the master!

Find the hidden password in this Publisher file

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Over there!

Follow the compass

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Powerpoint

Dig a little deeper

Find the hidden password in this Powerpoint presentation

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Hidden message

Look for the hidden text box

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Take note

Someone's commented on the last slide. That was ...

This challenge is worth 10 points

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A bumper crop

Undo that crop

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Space

This one's best viewed full screen

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Binary

Convert binary to text

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Copyright

Always good to check where images come from

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Extension 1

The clue's in the powerpoint

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Thomas the Tank Engine

Not a clue!

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Blue Ribbon

Not a clue!

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Slide Formatting

Needle in a haystack

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Needle in a haystack 2

Happy hunting

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Web

Hover

What's this password?

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Inspect Element

What's this password?

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View source

Hidden question

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Click it

Hidden button

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Base64

Decode it

This challenge is worth 10 points

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HEX marks the spot

Create this image

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Question

Create this image

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If I could click 500 times (0.1)

Divide (10) and conquer

This challenge is worth 10 points

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ASCII

Create this image

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Caesar

Decode this caesar cipher

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Going Dotty

Dot Dot Dash in CAPS

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Python

Run this code

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Python again

hiddenmessage.txt

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Next steps

Feedback

Complete this feedback form to get the password.

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Finished?

Have a go at these challenges if you have solved all of the puzzles on this page

This challenge is worth 10 points

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Create your own

Can you make your own steganography challenge on word / powerpoint / anything else?

This challenge is worth 10 points

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