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# Cold War

Author: [roerohan](https://github.com/roerohan)

# Requirements

- Stegsnow

# Source

```
A geopolitical activity that is pursued through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars and without direct military action is known as a Cold War. This type of war does not refer to conflict of seasons, but this challenge might.

Download the file below.
```

- [cold_war.txt](./cold_war.txt)

# Exploitation

The repeated usage of `cold` war hints that you might have to use stegsnow. And it is in fact what you need to use.

```
$ stegsnow -C cold_war.txt
flag{do_not_use_merriam_webster}#
```

The flag is:

```
flag{do_not_use_merriam_webster}
```

Original writeup (https://github.com/csivitu/CTF-Write-ups/tree/master/HacktivityCon%20CTF/Steganography/Cold%20War).