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Lookey here

  • Description: Attackers have hidden information in a very large mass of data in the past, maybe they are still doing it.
  • Difficulty: Medium

🔎 Solution

The challenge provides a simple .txt file. Upon inspecting its contents, I searched for any occurrence of the string pico. Sure enough, buried within the text was the flag.

> cat anthem.flag.txt | grep "pico"                                     
we think that the men of picoCTF{gr3p_15_@w3s0m3_4c479940}

Sometimes, it's really just that straightforward.

🚩Flag

picoCTF{gr3p_15_@w3s0m3_4c479940}