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## Forensics/Secret Message 1 (730 solves)
Created by: `SteakEnthusiast`
> We swiped a top-secret file from the vaults of a very secret organization, but all the juicy details are craftily concealed. Can you help me uncover them?

We are given a PDF file, once viewed has a black bar of what seems to be our flag.

![PDF Black Bar](https://seall.dev/images/ctfs/uoftctf2024/secret-msg-1.png)

If we highlight the black bar, we get some text upon copy-pasting the contents from Firefox's PDF viewer.

Flag: `uoftctf{fired_for_leaking_secrets_in_a_pdf}`

**Files:** [secret.pdf](https://files.seall.dev/ctfs/uoftctf2024/secret-message-1/secret.pdf)

Original writeup (https://seall.dev/posts/uoftctf2024#forensicssecret-message-1-730-solves).