Tags: osint 

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#### Given the challenge name, searching on Instagram for Alexandros the cat seemed like a good start. It brought us to [this profile](https://www.instagram.com/alexandrosthecat/):
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#### ![](https://codimd.s3.shivering-isles.com/demo/uploads/upload_49e21dc6e6be0e792d73e7a8ea970c56.png)
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#### Dipping into the followers, we then found [this person, Emily Waters](https://www.instagram.com/emwaters92/):
#### ![](https://codimd.s3.shivering-isles.com/demo/uploads/upload_d8c165320041d52711756714504a0183.png)
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#### > insta: alexandrosthecat
#### > mum: emwaters92
#### > email: [email protected]
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#### Whom we suspected to be the “mum” referenced. However, entering `DUCTF{emily_waters}` didn’t work, and we realised there was a middle name from the email:
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#### Sending an email to that email address got us an out-of-office reply:
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> Email to [email protected].
> Subject line: “Business inquiry: middle name”.
> Body: “Hi there! I love your cat Alexandros! Such a cutie. I have a business inquiry regarding a particular flag. Do you mind if I ask you what your middle name is?

> Email reply from [email protected].
> Subject line: “Out of Office from September 6th Re: Business inquiry: middle name”.
> Body: “Hello, I will be out of the office from Sunday, September 6th onward. If you need immediate assistance during my absence, that sounds like a you problem. Otherwise, I will probably respond to your emails as soon as possible if I return.
> Kind regards,
> Emily Theresa Waters.
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#### The signature has the middle name :)
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#### Flag: `DUCTF{emily_theresa_waters}`

Original writeup (https://joyce.fyi/posts/ductf-2020/#osint).