For context, if you’re coming to this late: I dabble in the Dark Arts of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT). Kase Scenarios is a phenomenal company bringing affordable and realistic experiential training to the masses through scenario-based learning. “Orkla: Dragon Con” is their latest free offering, once again putting the reader in the seat of a budding OSINT analyst assisting a shadowy figure from the KASE message board, who goes by the nom-de-plume “Orkla.”
This one took me about two hours to work through — there was only one problem that stumped me for a few minutes. This is billed as “beginner-friendly,” and I think that’s an accurate assessment. It might take the brand-new OSINT enthusiast a little longer, but there’s nothing in here you can’t find with critical thinking and a little Google-Fu (Goo-Fu? I think I’m going to start using that).
Enough preamble — lets get into it!
FLAG: Firehouse Subs
The audio file mentions that the meetup is at “Outgoing Bongo Skip.” Weird. This one threw me for a loop. I used every Goo-Fu move that I know, and kept missing the target. Eventually, I had an epiphany; there must be some sort of three-word place naming convention. One more google search led me to an app that identifies any geographic location in the world with a three-word code.
HINT: what3words.com
FLAG: Trader Vic’s
HINT: Find the intersection of Baker and Peachtree
FLAG: Ballet Olympia
FLAG: John Portman
FLAG: Peter Yuen Man Ngai