Bradwell Electronics
| Bradwell Electronics | |
|---|---|
| Better. Brighter. For everyone. | |
| Type | [[List_of_Investigations#Investigation|Investigation]] |
| Creator | Bossa Studios |
| Discovered | 2016-03-05 |
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Most of the content on this page so far is a rehash of this Reddit post by /u/blackbat24; all credit goes to him.
Bradwell Electronics is a promotional website released by Bossa Studios, a British game developer responsible for Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread. At this time, the purpose of the site is unknown, but it is speculated to be an in-fiction promotional website for Bossa Studios' next game.
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Email Newsletter
On the Bradwell Electronics site, there's a field where you can sign up for the Bradwell email newsletter. A few minutes after signing up, the following message is sent to your email:
Welcome to Bradwell Electronics - Better. Brighter. For Everyone. Thank you for registering your interest for the upcoming relaunch of the Bradwell Electronics website. When John Bradwell founded Bradwell Electronics over 62 years ago in 1964, he never imagined that the family business would become one of the most recognized brands worldwi$"%"$"!£2/.&%...
From this point onwards, the message is "corrupted", and is mostly comprised of Base64 ciphertext. For the full text of the email, check this Reddit post. At one point, the message becomes legible again:
>>INTERRUPT STREAM ----------This is a mayday alert. --------------------It is of concern to all of us. ------------------------------We ask you to trust us. ----------------------------------------We cannot do this alone. << END OF INTERRUPT
Encoding the Base64 in the text of the email yields an image which includes a QR code:
(Note: Amesbury is the location of Stonehenge, but this is not yet relevant to the investigation.)
Reading the QR code reveals the following string:
/?decrypt50726f6a65637441
(Note: 50726f6a65637441 is hexadecimal for ProjectA, but this is not yet relevant to the investigation.)
Countdown Timer
Appending /?decrypt50726f6a65637441 to the http://bradwellelectronics.com URL reveals a red box (link), containing this text:
\\>DECR_BRUTE_FORCE << |'fetch grid:[0x424cb726:0xbfe9c31a]/OENQJRYYVHZERCBEG.DAT' -->BRUTEFORCE NODES RUNNING... -->ESTIMATED BRUTEFORCE DECRYPTION COMPLETED IN: _d __h __m __s
The first line of the text contains the string OENQJRYYVHZERCBEG; this can be deciphered using ROT13 to obtain BRADWELLIUMREPORT. The significance of this is currently unknown.
Additionally, the final line of text in the red box is a countdown timer, which is counting down to 12:00 PM UTC, on March 7, 2017.
This page is a work in progress, and will be updated with new leads as they emerge.
