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Девочка OSINT

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Девочка OSINT

Platform: hackerlab | Category: Misc | Type: Challenge | Difficulty: Easy | OS: NA | Author: XESXOR | Date: 2025-12-26 | Status: Solved Techniques: search, sticker_pack_analysis

Summary

Task: Find a hidden flag in a Telegram sticker pack. Solution: Used the task name as a hint to find a sticker pack named devochka_osint, where the flag was hidden in small red text on the first sticker.

Девочка OSINT — hackerlab

Description

"Как говорил Павел Дуров: 'Кто ищет, тот находит'"

Analysis

The task description contains a quote from Pavel Durov, hinting at Telegram. The task.txt file contained a link to the official Codeby sticker pack: https://t.me/addstickers/The_Codeby. The task name "Девочка OSINT" is a direct hint to search for another sticker pack with a similar name.

Solution

  1. Examine the provided sticker pack link: https://t.me/addstickers/The_Codeby.
  2. Based on the task name "Девочка OSINT", try to find a corresponding sticker pack in Telegram.
  3. Find the sticker pack: https://t.me/addstickers/devochka_osint.
  4. Carefully examine the first sticker in the pack (an image of a detective girl with a magnifying glass).
  5. Below the text "ТОТ НАХОДИТ" at the bottom of the image, discover the flag written in very small red font. ‍​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‍