Can you crack the secret code?

[Peace of Mind]

Hi, guys.
I hope all is well.
Well, most of us know the cyber police is about to start clamping down on things, and apparently there is some sought of message in their logo. I was wondering if anyone here can decipher it.

Thanks in advance.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100707/od_yblog_upshot/the-secret-code-in-u-s-cyber-commands-logo


Peace

[smat]

The inner gold ring has code 9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a

md5 hash 9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a = USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace ope

source: http://www.dshield.org/tools/reversehash.html

Any idea what this means?

Here is an update
USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries.

[Bill Ryan]

That's right (apparently!)

Another source:

http://wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/code-cracked-cyber-command-logos-mystery-solved

The full text is

"USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries."

Off-Topic note: someone should open a thread on the symbols within patches of various groups. There are some crackers. Here's one to start the ball rolling.

:)


http://projectavalon.net/137th_ATH_Patch_lg.jpg

Note that Gordon Novel stated in his Coast to Coast AM interview of 17 January 2010 that the 'NSC' in MAJIC-NSC stood for NATIONAL SPACE COMMAND.

Caveat : I do NOT know if this patch is real... I can't remember where I got it from and I can't find it after a quick search on the net.... a separate thread is definitely needed!

[Wood]

I've checked that the md5 hash of that text is the given value, running the standard algorithm. So it is not something made up.

However, I do not see anything particularly weird in that: it makes sense that, given the activities of USCYBERCOM (certainly related to cryptography) they decided to use a well known hash algorithm to insert their statement in the logo. It looks as an internal joke to me.

I find it impressive how well the reverse algorithm works though, if it found the text without help. Maybe the exact text of the statement is actually on the USCYBERCOM website and someone just computed md5 hashes of all the paragraphs there looking for a match?

[Richard]

This just in by email from a non-member:


I'm not a member. Can't post directly to thread "Can you crack the secret code?".

Message hidden inside U.S. Cyber Command's logo is MD5 (Message-Digest algorithm 5) hash from the following text

USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries.

Which corresponds to hexadecimal digest "9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a" and is printed on logo. No secrets in code but meaning ...

I'm not the author of this decoding work.

passerby

I verified this to be accurate

[Peace of Mind]

Thanks again guys, I truly appreciate it because there’s just too many slick things going on right under our noses….they say” the best place to hide something is right in front of your faces”,

…and, that’s a great idea Bill Ryan. Decoding and symbolism will be very educational and useful. You guys can use this thread (change up the topic title if you want), or start another one. I’m definitely looking forward to it and I'm sure others are too.

Peace.

[Decibellistics]

The lightning bolt looks like a sleek looking single SS Troop symbol......

"The cross swords represent military mightiness. If the cross swords pointing downward, it symbolizes resting. If the cross swords are pointing up, it symbolizes a time of war or conflict."

Key could be anything really.....Knowledge, Control, so on so forth.

[Decibellistics]

Bill, Your photo is tough.

Phoenix Rising, I suppose, in the middle.

T. A. G. ...............or A. T. G. Terrestrial Alien Group.......Alien Terrestrial Group......Beats me. Group is a long shot since it says Technical Group :).

[MorningSong]

Here's an interesting one for you guys: NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)

http://www.norad.mil/Images/home_images/NORAD_Shiny.jpg

[Decibellistics]

Does anyone know the real meaning behind the lightning bolt esque image in these pictures.....to me they are just flat out SS symbols revamped to mask it.

[kriya]

Does anyone know the real meaning behind the lightning bolt esque image in these pictures.....to me they are just flat out SS symbols revamped to mask it.

I would really like to know the symbology of the lighting bolt, because one appeared on my bathroom wall once, and disappeared the following day! Ahem.......I'm not a Nazi.

[Moemers]

It's not a lightning bolt that the nazis used...it's a rune.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowilo_rune

[MiguelQ]

abotu the md5 hash..
its one way encryption
you can reverse it back
you can convert text into a hash.. but not the reverse.. though that hash code, is somewhere "saved" to mean or equal something, but thats has to be registered .. its can't be reversed.

btway, cookies on most sites work with md5 hash...
that hash can have acess to their website .. but that would be too easy

[The One]

This might be old news but any opinions appreciated

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100707/od_yblog_upshot/the-secret-code-in-u-s-cyber-commands-logo

[noprophet]

On a Linux terminal, type
echo -n "USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries." | openssl dgst -md5 -hex ;echo

it gives

9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a


Don't have a linux terminal to check it. but that was on Yahoo Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100707164043AAAM8B0).

[Seikou-Kishi]

Yahoo Answers? How anticlimactic lol. Do you think if we posted the question "What is really going on?" we'd get an answer? lol

[bluestflame]

can always ask bongo

http://199bongo.com/ask-bongo-for-free/

[Kra]

Don't have a linux terminal to check it. but that was on Yahoo Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100707164043AAAM8B0).

That is correct:

19:43:37^37 kra@lap:~/Desktop -> echo -n "USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries." |md5sum
9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a -
19:43:48^38 kra@lap:~/Desktop ->