O-tay. So I'm looking my zillionth decryption possibility at:
www.shyfile.net... and I says to myself, "gees, self, that code there
looks awfully familiar and, btw, get me a drink as long as you're up". Well, it looked just like Cromline's cryptic first message on his ats
message page, so I plugged this: (((((576C6D0072C91544F6044F4D26D92F0ACDEF0E8F556568837B0C9CFE7A5FB627C99AA57C3ADEE9566852A9E7C5ABDB1265A63D467
D58AB1665E7FF3264C3253320CBB5AC7F205A844666E99633835DC992BA366C39FDC94EA1EE8509AE7A78061FB13A25AEF4780EE664F0
C25E6AFB7EDEC1F08A30AC953656E0D7B81E924B37017045BE13402A813A64CBAA4995B15A51AD1F74662CB56B83CD971FC0CBDBB5188
D8D82DA634C55EE9FDED47F660673D96B0B7AFF19864950DCE4F8A67C81997652FB335CED304E9EE2B36B59ABF56B4572FB0C48F1DB21
B64DA898356E350142C3B949454B8D419B5E25780EFCA994FB23BCF4FA5D71ADD3718AD6B4234E08891141BECB19FE77CBC4CBFDB2991
6A8BEA48CEAF8211C1B1A62E35E4DC41635FCA43582C166CD5C4115036FA86EAAF63F394BA33B8EC8313E8853FDE0A5C931316893C6C1
3A8F8D06856888A3D6D75AF92410A8027C589587307A42)))))
into the online decoder and used the default example "no more large industrial espionage" for a key after unsuccessfully trying things like "5"
and "cygnus".
Well. It didn't exactly decode, but I got this message from the JavaScript App:
"This text was encoded by an outdated version of ShyFile. You can decode this encoded data using the ShyFile software itself. Please inform the
sender of your message to update the ShyFile software at our 'free download' site!" and the bottom of the browser reported 66% decoded.
Hey, Cromeline! Get with the program!
Whelp, I ain't downloading any weird software for this hunt, folks. Have at it if you think this is worth persuing. Maybe it's just another screwy
coinciidence due to my using their default text. Maybe I just need to get a life.