GKNOVA6: “Classified Announcement SOMD” – New Code! Nick Butler, April 9, 2010April 10, 2010 We posted an article a little earlier about the second transmission that appeared on GKNOVA6.com. The new video included a code that has since been deciphered as “Classified Announcement Sold,” however a commenter pointed out in our article it may very well be “Classified Announcement SOMD.” We have that classified announcement after the break.The commenter, Justin, points out that we actually had the wrong answer to the code – off by one letter. Instead of “Sold” it’s “Somd”. That lead him to SOMD.com, a website for Southern Maryland (which is where the packages were sent from, coincidentally), basically used for local news, event planning and so on. The announcement was within this site. If you go to the site, click “Classifieds” > “Announcements” > “PSAs” > And then you’ll find it.The classified announcement reads:NOVA Posted by: Eve Reign on Friday, 9 April 2010, at 3:20 p.m.LWLXRMSYWN.GVVOXXPXBVOKTPXAVSFTMBK -AONTHLRDOF.DHXSWEJHCQSQFWTCZUBCAMLWLXRMSYWN.LRDOFUINENYMGNPBMSYWNHAM, -YFTTXEWPGJL.XVORLUINEASPTCZUBJWGILVFLWLXRBGG.CCGRNYMGNAEMOWXAAGMSYWNGVVO, -GCYSRZYKXR.YBCBGCYGVVOXDOKSWEJUINELWLXRMSYWN.XVORLCCGRAONTHLVFCWKYG, -FMFWCMXIMX.RTLHGPBWTMBKNSNTZBIMXXPXSQFW.HYORVPAKYHAMCAMMBKAONTH, MUZOWHYORV.CAMIGRAONTHLRDOFHYORVOAVBMYou can find me at the Cheeping River. It’s near the Cheering Viper.It still hasn’t been cracked – why Justin turned to us – so get working! We’ll be posting updates on this article as the come in, and make sure you follow me on twitter for the latest.UPDATE 10:05PM: MrToasty deciphered the code using the key “sputnik”:THREEEIGHT.NINEFIVEONESEVENNINESIX -SEVENSEVEN.ONEFOURSIXFIVEEIGHTSIXTHREEEIGHT.SEVENFOURFOURTWOEIGHTONE, -ONEZEROFOUR.EIGHTFOURSIXEIGHTZEROSIXTHREETWO.NINEFOURTHREEEIGHTEIGHTNINE, -ONEZEROSIX.FOURONENINEFOURFOURFOURTHREEEIGHT.EIGHTNINESEVENSIXSEVEN, -SEVENSEVEN.ZEROTHREESIXFIVEFIVEFIVEFIVE.SEVENFIVEONESIXSIXSEVEN, THREESEVEN.SIXONESEVENSEVENSEVENEIGHTSo, that’s: 38.951796, -77.146586 – CIA Headquarters 38.744281, -104.846806 – NORAD 32.943889, -106.419444 – White Sands (Missile Complex) 38.89767, -77.03655 – White House 55.751667, 37.617778 – Ivanovskaya ploshchad, Russian FederationUPDATE: While reviewing my site’s referrers (people who’ve linked to MovieViral.com) I found an interesting link. I should point out I remember seeing it BEFORE we had this code, but thought nothing of it at the time (assumed it was a college website). My guess is that the site, SOMD, was contacted before had inquiring whether or not they (marketers) could use the site for a code. My best guess is they included a link to my article comparing what games this campaign may be for in that inquiry. Here’s the link that referred to MovieViral.com: http://help.somd.com/admin/main.php?action=view_ticket&id=55719-7009040544. Here’s how they submitted the help ticket. Viral Marketing Call of DutyGKNOVA6Singularity
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I bet Eve Reign is a place. If you look at the end of the listing, it says “You can find me at the Cheeping River. It’s near the Cheering Viper.” That sounds to me like a colloquial landmark reference. A locally famous billboard or a school mascot maybe?
That message was posted on April 9, 2010.April 9 is the 99th day of the year.Singularity involves a fictional element called E99.
Another possible point towards singularity, the color spectrum of the website fits with the trailers for the game, plus the buttons are the same color of Element 99, probably means nothing but w.e. thought id mention it
I found something that has to deal with school but not a mascot. Probably going to be some dumb info but here: http://www.jstor.org/pss/4230371
Bear with me guys, but I think it is important to understand the root of the cipher’s key. If it wasn’t brute forced, how would the key have been deduced? This could help in the next FOUR installments of the GKNOVA6 website.Anyone?
@Shaner: I’m with you, how exactly did this MrToasty come up with the key “sputnik” on this one. That’s where I was stuck myself….
Hmm, perhaps if the answer is right in front of us, this could be for Cipher Complex, a game being made by Edge of Reality. They have worked with Activision in the past. My 2 cents anyway. A video on IGN has an interview with them and it seems like it could be a contender.
Hey, I think I deciphered another thing. Meet me at the Cheeping River, it’s near the Cheering Viper. Look at it, cheeRing viPer. Cheering Viper is actually cheering river because you swap the v and the r in cheering and viper, then you turn “virer” around and it’s river. Cheering River.
http://callofdutyzombies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=157&sid=7fe3c39004d08af749f471e72c8b1b7c&start=60The last line concerning Cheering Viper and Cheering River relates to the cipher needed to decode the coordinates. Both words contain the word “cipher”, indicating that the line offers a clue to the cipher. Rearrange the phrase Cheering Viper and you end up with Vigner(e) Cipher. Using the keyword “sputnik” you can decrypt the code, revealing coordinates for the CIA HQ, NORAD, the White House, The Kremlin, and White Sands Missile Range.
@Anonymous: Yes, but how was the keyword “sputnik” discovered?Also, on the first channel at gknova6.com it no longer says “Hell is Purple” at the end of the transmission. Additionally, there’s something inaudible towards the end of the original recording that came in the envelope. I’ve used a couple audio manipulation programs and can’t seem to isolate it. The only thing I’m sufe of is that it’s a man’s voice but I can’t quite make the words out, much like the “You can see the whole spectrum” at the end of the second gknova transmission. It’s at 1:02…
As for the word Sputnik, I believe that he worked backwards knowing it was coordinates, so he plugged in the worded “three” – he explained it a while back in the comments, I think.
To follow up on the “inaudible” words spoken on the original sound byte that came in the envelope, I don’t mean where the man says “Don’t believe everything you see”. There is something spoken at 1:02 well after that and I can’t seem to isolate it…..
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=696615MrToasty bruteforced the code. As Nick said he worked to find the word “THREE” since Maryland’s (and several US government facilities) coordinates are in the upper thirties . Once he was able to work it out, he determined that “sputnik” was the keyword.