The Thief of Time

Week #5 · Posted 2026-02-16 21:40:57
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Decrypt and submit the plaintext. Remember, the weekly ciphers will chain to make a story, with the ciphers getting harder as the weeks go on!

Ciphertext
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About the Weekly Cipher

The Weekly Cipher is The Cipher Lab’s rotating cryptographic challenge. Each week, a new puzzle is released — ranging from simple substitution ciphers to advanced transpositions and polyalphabetic encryption.

🧠 Tip: Each challenge may use different classical ciphers — Caesar, Vigenère, Affine, Railfence, AMSCO, or others. Pay attention to patterns, letter frequencies, and clues in the text.

New puzzles appear every Monday at 12:00 UTC — good luck, and happy decrypting!