Become a spy - the code cracking game

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Aug 19, 2010
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While Hollywood glorified the life of a secret agent, being a spy has many factors which are rarely shown in the movies. Times, when our hero encounters a coded message, sends it to the stereotypically nerdy ally who then decodes it within seconds is quite far from the truth.

Now, my aspiring masters of espionage - try and crack the following code!
As with any code, there is a message hidden in there.
6B5B9ECCB09FA9275371526B2C7C85A4955BFC66DEBA01CE9C15949A118693A

FFF1278DBA85D7C4B479F4FBFC89D13669B5A469B520E9F8FF938DD6182615E7

8ECDB988B33B2A3AAF988815E85C3DFEDDEAC88BDBC8D17FA0456D3C394A

CC4CF9DADDD82BB0CF591D3829356D7919A679D43A1481F8A99BCAEDD4D8

AB5898BA11BE1F93BB7DC9EEFF45CBA944EBBD73685ABFBDC81E306C246AC

5CED72AE4D8D5C810CD659C94A9B49DE8F480A8485A83ED6978DC9F4A04A92

D77EBA175013C11357CE52D972CBB27BA88D16899587175981AB5ADB05F35B9

08841F7D98090C5915BC74EFB879F565A7642CE995FDEAD7EFFDFAFDBAD0F9

A9487919A975693581390DCE8AB9A1D49D76F4BBE9F9E4A845EAA939CD2D94

A86968E1EB818A1F51BD753824455D69B9348D8B99230D55E5E8CBD96A6929FD

75D86172592153DA1B71F909349F3BD6FE94F55038A2917B66BA459BA1B97ECA

CAA2CD3A61B9DA2DC0D64DEAE92EBA578FF90F88444045BD3F9CDFB7EDF9

9A6639697C69B529DD8938B9772D79EAB981C9EAA1BCF95F92C679DBAB8FEC

6BE9D82C77BAB9359421AA3AB543D7077D5589C8FBFD49A1C9357481DD2BBB

5F923AA5608AE199392939385AFA0AA19BC9858809617379C9A6A9E9E48BC1F9

DE7CC9755B89F5A89AA18A299A9F496595D68DF5BD33B539483DF5399AC948D

AB981147D38E818FDC08194685BEEE95838FA898C0F389DCBFC6

The game goes like this. You may post any progress you've made with the code freely, however complete solutions (with the entire translated message) must be accompanied by your own encoded message for the other spies to sink their teeth into.

Gather allies, forge alliances and share information. Or don't, work for your own benefit, post misinformation to throw your rivals and enemies off the scent.
But most importantly - Break the Code!
 

lacktheknack

Je suis joined jewels.
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Well, the first thing I can tell you is that it's a series of hexadecimal (base-16) numbers. I'll stop by later with a programmer's calculator and start translating them into other base-n numbers.
 
Aug 19, 2010
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lacktheknack said:
Well, the first thing I can tell you is that it's a series of hexadecimal (base-16) numbers. I'll stop by later with a programmer's calculator and start translating them into other base-n numbers.
You are correct, but be warned - this is an abstract hexadecimal code.

*insert bond-villain laughter*
 
Oct 10, 2011
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My expert analysis has led me to believe that there are both numbers and letters in this code. I can tell because the first two characters are "6B". You're welcome.