The following 2-phrase, 10-word message was encrypted by converting each word in the original text from base 36 to base 10 (treating each letter as a number).
Next, the resulting numbers were concatenated to form one very long number:
3188696725382955872716533682296997335...
5701338323073559429444643676946239584...
715731974947334325407967846302738783
1) Identify where to place word breaks and decipher the message. (Easy)
2) Determine what each word in the message has in common. (Harder)
ENCODED TELEGRAPH INTERCEPTED:
AN ALLEGED FRENCHMAN FUNDED BRASH FROGMAN ASSASSIN.
The word breaks occur as follows:
31886967253 82955872716533 68229699733557013: 383 23073559429 44464367694623 958471573 19749473 34325407967 846302738783
Each of the words in the given message is a prime, when viewed as a number in base 36.
Edited on August 22, 2023, 9:21 am
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