The Butcher
Greetings, Special Agent K.
The city of Berlin in Germany is plagued by a serial killer, nicknamed “The Butcher”. Autopsy reports conclude that the weapon for disposal is most likely a meat cleaver. The total body count currently sits at 18 people, mostly women and younger men. All victims were traveling alone at night, mostly through quiet areas.
Fortunately, yesterday the German police raided an apartment in the city center of Berlin. Neighbors had complained about a stale, metal like smell coming from the apartment. Upon closer inspection, the police found large quantities of plastic sheets, blood traces of several victims and an assortment of meat cleavers.
Since the apartment was rented out to an individual who had used a fake ID, the police has hit a dead end in trying to find the killer. They did however retrieve several files from a personal laptop, including a large, encrypted archive. In the same location as the archive was stored, a file named “password” was found. However, this just contained a bunch of HEX values. We need you to make sense of this file, perhaps it leads to the password for the archive.
As always, Special Agent K, the contract is yours, if you choose to accept.
Answer Instruction
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Unlock the flag-file using the answer as the password
Answer instruction: You will need to listen carefully...