Crypto Challenge 1 - Decoding 1

Prompt

Cyber Command: A couple of hackers have encoded messages using different number bases. See if you can decode them.

Answers

Q1 (10 pts) - V2UgbXVzdCBjaGFuZ2Ugb3VyIHBhc3N3b3JkcyBldmVyeSBldmVyeSAyMyBkYXlz
We must change our passwords every every 23 days

Q2 (10 pts) - 54335679494739775a584a6864476c7662694273595856755932686c63794270626941344d69426f6233567963773d3d
Our operation launches in 82 hours

Steps I Took

Q1 — Went to CyberChef and used From Base64. Decoded immediately.

Q2 — Made a recipe in CyberChef: From Hex → From Base64 → Plaintext.