Substitution cipher fun...
- alexs26
- Oct 15, 2017
- 1 min read
Here is one of the crypto puzzles I got from my friend Cactus a while back. This was fun to play with and resolve. It looks really hard at first, but if you know how substitution ciphers work, learn a couple of tricks, and have some tool that helps you out, then it is not that hard... It is definitely worth trying... So, here it is...
Below is a substitution cipher text of an English plain text in which all white spaces and punctuation have been removed prior to encoding.
FCHIMUSZHIKNIFMFKFMYQWMSCHTMIRWMSCHTFCRFCRINHHQMQKIHAYTURQBCKQVTHVIYABHRTIMFNRIMWRZZBWYQIMIFIYAIKNIFMFKFMQPHJHTBSZRMQFHDFWCRTRWFHTAYTRVMAAHTHQFWMSCHTFHDFWCRTRWFHTMFVMAAHTIATYUFCHWRHIRTWMSCHTMQFCRFFCHWMSCHTRZSCRNHFMIQYFIMUSZBFCHRZSCRNHFICMAFHVMFMIWYUSZHFHZBEKUNZHVFCHIMUSZHIKNIFMFKFMYQWMSCHTYAAHTIJHTBZMFFZHWYUUKQMWRFMYQIHWKTMFBRQVMIXKMFHHRIBFYNTHRLMFWRQNHNTYLHQHJHQNBCRQVHISHWMRZZBRIFCHUHIIRPHINHWYUHUYTHFCRQIHJHTRZCKQVTHVWMSCHTFHDFWCRTRWFHTIRWTBSFRQRZBIFCRIFYAMQVFCHLHBFCRFORIKIHVFYHQWTBSFFCHUHIIRPHOCMWCUHRQIAMQVMQPFCHURSSMQPAYTHRWCWCRTRWFHTHJHQFCYKPCFCHQKUNHTYALHBIMIRTHRZZBNMPQKUNHTFCHTHMIRZYFYATHVKQVRQWBRQVYFCHTIFRFMIFMWRZSTYSHTFMHIYAHQPZMICFHDFFCRFURLHMFXKMFHHRIBFYVHFHTUMQHRTHRIYQRNZBPYYVLHBFCHAMTIFIFHSMIFYWRZWKZRFHFCHATHXKHQWBVMIFTMNKFMYQYAFCHZHFFHTIMQFCHWMSCHTFHDFFCMIWYQIMIFIYAWYKQFMQPCYOURQBFMUHIHRWCZHFFHTRSSHRTIQRFKTRZHQPZMICFHDFCRIRJHTBVMIFMQWFVMIFTMNKFMYQFCRFWRQNHKIHVFYCHZSWTRWLWYVHIFCMIVMIFTMNKFMYQWRQNHHRIMZBAYKQVMQMQFHTQHFICYTFSMHWHIYAFHDFYAFHQQHHVUYTHHDSHTFMIHFYWTRWLMAFCHYTMPMQRZSKQWFKRFMYQHDMIFIMQFCHUHIIRPHFCHQMFMISYIIMNZHFYKIHATHXKHQFFOYFCTHHRQVAYKTZHFFHTOYTVIFYPKHIIIYUHYAFCHOYTVIFCHQKIMQPFCMIMQAYTURFMYQSTYWHHVOMFCPKHIIMQPZYQPHTOYTVIKIKRZZBCYOHJHTSKQWFKRFMYQMQWMSCHTFHDFMITHUYJHVRQVFCHWMSCHTFHDFMISKFMQFYNZYWLIYTMQFCHUYIFVMAAMWKZFWRIHRIYQHNZYWLYAWCRTRWFHTIOMFCYKFRQBSKQWFKRFMYQMQFCHIHWRIHIURQBYFCHTWCRTRWFHTMIFMWIYAFCHHQPZMICZRQPKRPHWRQNHKFMZMGHVIKWCRIUYIFATHXKHQFVMPTRSCIYTFTMPTRSCIUYIFWYUUYQVYKNZHIYTUYIFATHXKHQFAMQRZZHFFHTI
You must find the key that was used to encode the plain text. Fun, isn't it? :)
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