# CSIT Mini Challenge

A Chinese New Year greeting card from CSIT turns up a challenge!

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Throwing the jumble of letters into Cyberchef and decoding the base64 string, shows a string of numbers. Decode the message again from Hex shows the 'Code'

![](https://2071341532-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F55TEb3LgiuxRUvg0xZm8%2Fuploads%2FE8O0MUtGNvvdScIsxVqG%2FScreenshot%202022-01-29%20at%205.40.30%20PM.png?alt=media\&token=26813289-3f15-4a0d-9c40-c6e996874994)

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![My first badge!](https://2071341532-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F55TEb3LgiuxRUvg0xZm8%2Fuploads%2Fei5ztjCmmNRjkNME4dOK%2Fbadge.png?alt=media\&token=91b7f2ec-f1e6-4975-88d1-6cdc284e217d)

Look forward to the next challenge!