The Hitman's Gmail Account

The Hacks Might Help Puzzle led the players to an email account apparently used by STV to communicate with a hired gun.

Discovery

Discovered by AUZ505 on 23 February with information gathered from the Hacks Might Help Puzzle.

Details

Log-in

To access this email account, you can direct your browser to http://mail.google.com/ and use the following credentials:

  • Username: moc.liamg|namtihvts#moc.liamg|namtihvts
  • Password: 19232884

This leads to The Hitman's Gmail Account.

Since April 7 the password does not work anymore

Localization

The account was originally set to Romanian language; has since been switched to English by snorkle256.
stvhitman_account.jpg
Screenshot of the account with the original Romanian settings

Emails

Starred

Emails in the 'Starred' folder:

February 22, 2009 Email from STV

fromS. T. V. <moc.liamg|suriv.eht.troppus#moc.liamg|suriv.eht.troppus>
to"S. T. V. Man" <moc.liamg|namtihvts#moc.liamg|namtihvts>

dateSun, Feb 22, 2009 at 3:11 PM
subjectMission (target switch)

zqxv ngq icyi gclpjj jp bovxjxkiv
jv ju ukpi uq dtrwx ujh pehes
lkop fxh pp nc1 2uw

AUZ505 decoded the message using the S.T.V. cipher:

your men have failed in amsterdam
it is time to cross the ocean
kill eve on max 1st

whereas "max" should probably be "may"

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