Mr Robot ARG
| Mr. Robot ARG | |
|---|---|
| An ARG set in the universe of Mr. Robot | |
| Type | [[List_of_Investigations#Official|Official]] |
| Creator | NBC Universal |
| Discovered | 2017-09-28 |
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The Mr. Robot ARG is an Alternate Reality Game pertaining to the popular television show, Mr. Robot. Throughout the course of the ARG, players interacted with characters and factions from the show, in order to solve puzzles. In particular, some players were recruited into FSociety, a fictional underground network of hackers. One of FSociety's main goals in the show is to disrupt a multinational corporation called E Corp.
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Ecoin Launch Event
On September 28, 2017, an invitation email was sent out to players subscribed to the mailing list. The invitation describes an Ecoin launch party, to be held on October 5. However, the email also contained a hidden message. The letters above each large bubble of champagne spelled out the message:
BITLYSEWGI
By navigating to bit.ly/sewgi, players were redirected to the RSVP page for the Ecoin launch party.
October 4, 2017
On the day prior to the Ecoin launch event, the Red Wheelbarrow and Confictura websites (both of which were used earlier in the ARG) were updated.
The Red Wheelbarrow site was updated with an entirely new site layout, along with a kids section. The "color by numbers" printout in the kids section contained several hidden messages.
The path traced by the butterfly is actually Morse code:
- .... . -.-- -.. --- -. - -.- -. --- .-- .-- . .- .-. . .... . .-. . -.-- . - THEY DONT KNOW WE ARE HERE YET
The numbers in the sun, when converted to letters using a simple substitution cipher, reveal the following message:
19 8 5 19 14 15 20 8 15 14 5 19 20 SHES NOT HONEST
The numbers in the butterfly's wings, when converted to letters using the same cipher, reveal the following message:
19 8 5 19 14 15 20 19 1 14 5 SHES NOT SANE
The Confictura site was also updated with a new quote in a hidden area, last accessed earlier in the ARG. The hidden quote can be uncovered as follows:
The visitor counter at the bottom can be adjusted manually by clicking on it. Setting the visitor counter to 0736565 causes the visitor counter to be replaced with a text box. Entering blackanddeepdesires into the textbox causes the Confictura page to completely change, revealing the hidden message:
If you drink much from a bottle marked “poison” it is almost certain to disagree with you sooner or later.
(Note: the codes 0736565 and blackanddeepdesires were discovered earlier in the ARG.)
This message is a quote from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
