WhiteHacks CTF Writeup - Age Unknown
Category
OSINT
Flag
WH2021{DDMMYYYY}
Steps
Read the description. It reads:
So, it's my friend's birthday soon and I want to surprise him. His name is Andrew Yeoh Boon How and I heard he's quite active on Twitter. Can you help me find out when his birthday is?
Filter keywords out. They are:
So, it's my friend's birthday soon and I want to surprise him. His name is Andrew Yeoh Boon How and I heard he's quite active on Twitter. Can you help me find out when his birthday is?
Find the format of birth date they want. It is given in the flag - DD/MM/YYYY.
Go to twitter.com and search ‘Andrew Yeoh Boon How’. You do not need to login as it is a public account. It is the first result. Screenshots are below:
Scroll down to read his tweets. He only has 2 tweets. They do not give us any useful information. Screenshot is below:
But hold up, let us revisit his profile page. Screenshot is below:
He has stated his location (Singapore) and birthday (18 September). That’s great! But how about the year he was born in? Let us look closer at his username. Screenshot is below:
Bingo! The first part of the username is a shortened form of his full name, and he has very kindly added his year of birth as a suffix to his username. Now we know he was born in 1997.
Going back to the CTF website, key in the flag according to the given format - WH2021{18091997}. Done! Flag captured :)
Beanary over and out!