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Test - EasyCTF Practice Writeup

June 01, 2025

Challenge: Decode Me!

We were given a simple base64 encoded string and asked to decode it.

Problem:

U3VjY2Vzc2Z1bGx5IGNvbXBsZXRlZCB0aGUgY2hhbGxlbmdlIQ==

Solution:

Use the terminal:

echo "U3VjY2Vzc2Z1bGx5IGNvbXBsZXRlZCB0aGUgY2hhbGxlbmdlIQ==" | base64 -d

Flag: Successfully completed the challenge!