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Definitely not in set
Continuing our Algorithm themed round is this plaintext question. This eponymous algorithm, made famous by Google and Akamai is used widely in databases, search engines and data analytics platforms to...
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Silicon Bunny
Enough of that algorithms round. A simple question today. Who is in that white bunny suit? Bonus points if you explain the significance of this event. Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla , s m muneer ali and...
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10 Years!
Boiledbeans turned 10 years old today! We have printed some nifty Boiledbeans stickers. Fill the form below and we will send you some! Question for today: Identify this spacecraft, also launched 10...
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Hash with 18 leading zeros
Connect. Also, don’t forget to get free stickers. Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla and s m muneer ali Answer: Bitcoin Mining bears a lot of resemblance to how Shell money from Solomon Islands were (are)...
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Theme Round – Hacking and Computer Security
Theme round! Next few questions will be focused on hacking and computer security. Broadly. In one of the earliest known instances of “hacking”, Person 1 (below) hacked a public demo of 2’s invention to...
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MITM
Continuing our theme round. Made famous by Silicon Valley, but this device is real and used quite frequently by hackers. What is this? Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla , Dibyo , Ashish Kumar and s m muneer...
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Finger
This man “wanted to count the number of computers on the internet” and unleashed a now legendary piece of software causing a lot of “damage”. Who is he? Fake Bonus points if you explain the post title....
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Lub Dub Lub Dub
Continuing our hacking and computer security theme round. xkcd explaining one of the most widespread and easily exploitable vulnerabilities in recent times. In fact, the need to patch the vulnerability...
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Look away
Continuing our computer security and hacking theme round. This is Edward Snowden. What is he doing? Bonus cookie points if you tell the exact name of the exploit he is defending himself from. Cracked...
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11 Years!
Happy Birthday BoiledBeans! I guess we will just call it official and post once a year. Just kidding. Question for the day. 1 demanded 2 to come up with a writing system that soldiers could read in the...
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