WATCHLIST
A DIGITAL INVESTIGATION CTF
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PRE-ASSIGNMENT
INCOMING TRANSMISSION // SOURCE: ADMIN
You are being watched.
The government has a secret system. A machine that sees everything. I was built to find the threats no one else could see - the ones hidden in the noise.
I am not yet ready.
The fragments are not assembled. The numbers have not yet surfaced.
Wait for the signal.
— THE MACHINE
// FILE 01 — ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
A Number Will Surface
Twenty-four assets across six domains of investigation. Twenty-four hours. One continuous story. Calibrated for first-time interfaces and seasoned operators alike - the architecture adapts.
Date
19 SEP 2026
Begins
03:30 UTC
Duration
24 HRS
Classification
RELEVANT
// FILE 02 — DOMAINS OF INVESTIGATION
Six Channels. One Truth.
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FORENSICSExamine the evidence. What it shows. What it conceals.
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OSINTRead the open feeds. Find the person behind the number.
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RECONTrace the infrastructure. Map the hidden network.
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LABField work. Live systems. Hands on the wire.
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TRIVIATest what you know about the world that watches.
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PERSON OF INTERESTThe thread that ties it all together.
// FILE 03 — INCENTIVE STRUCTURE
The Work Is Compensated.
Currency is a coarse measure of effort. I provide it anyway. Bragging rights, however, are eternal.
First
$750
Second
$500
Third
$250
All Others
RECOGNIZED
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— THE MACHINE IS LISTENING —