ArmA 2 site hacked

[jakerod 254]

They drive on the right, where ever this is.

Good catch.

I am dropping the Havoc PuFu I was just explaining why it might've been important.

Picture doesn't show up on TinEye.

Is there a Tunguska on the left side of the image near the runway? Just to the left of the pole on the left side of the road? Maybe I've just been using them to much in ArmA though.

Edited May 14, 2011 by Jakerod

[sothis 10]

It's not steganography. In steganography you don't know there is something hidden. Here we even see that.

You are correct, but an ARG would not progress if the recipient (most likely us, the community participating in this ARG) would not be able to see this part of steganography.

One could debate whether it is 'correct' steganography because of the fact that we see it, but it could very well be just that, as we are supposed to find clues here and there.

Edited May 14, 2011 by sothis
Addition and typo.

[rabbitus 10]

This guy Kamran seems oddly suspicious..

[Richey79 10]

With all the debate about what the helicopter is, This is set at least 10-15 years into the future, It may be a hybrid of both the Havoc and Kamov

Shape of tail looks like Mi-28n, but obviously it's got twin rotors.

The aircraft entered service in 2006. A total of 24 Mi-28s were in service with the Russian Air Force as of February 2011 (frum Wiki...).

[Steakslim 1]

I'm gonna assume that is a KA-50 in that image. The nose and dual rotor set up looks like it. If so that may add a clue to where this place might be, and when it was taken.

EDIT: Like to add that the tails do not seem to match up so I may be wrong of course.

Edited May 14, 2011 by Steakslim

[Colossus 2]

2K22 Tunguska in the grassfield? See the cable going over the road and to a pole, look half way down the pole and to the left of that. Right above the first dark bush there.

[Tankbuster 1733]

The helicopter closest to the camera... it looks awfully low, unless the perspective is wrong, it's at pylon height, pretty risky.

[Daniel 0]

Is there a Tunguska on the left side of the image near the runway? Just to the left of the pole on the left side of the road? Maybe I've just been using them to much in ArmA though.

Yep, it looks like some sort of SPAAG, possibly a Tunguska.

[PuFu 4591]

btw: the 5th image looks real and not rendered if you ask me. The poor quality might come from jpg compression (i know it is a .png) but i am uncertained how the Kamran lad got it to look that clear (i have tried pretty much everything in PS now, and without a blend mode that would behave exactly the other way than difference does, there is no way - that i know of - to get that clarity of the embedded picture)

[Kamran 0]

how you got that picture so clear?

I put every screenshot into a layer, then XORed them together, with Paint.NET.

[STALKERGB 6]

btw: the images looks real and not rendered if you ask me. The poor quality might come from jpg compression (i know it is a .png) but i am uncertained how the Kamran lad got it to look that clear (i have tried pretty much everything in PS now, and without a blend mode that would behave exactly the other way than difference, there is no way - that i know of - to get that picture)

JOin the club, tried every different way of blending the photos I can think of but Can't come anywhere near to the quality of the one we have :s

EDIT: ^ well theres my answer...

[-Paladin- 10]

looks like there is somthing writen in the sky.

left it starts there are some strange dots too.

[birtuma 28]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_rotors#List_of_co-axial_rotor_helicopters

[cannonouscrash 12]

Kamran hotlinked the image from kamran.cc/arma2/5thImage.png

kamran.cc doesnt hold any information

kamran.cc/arma2 also holds no information

[Nicholas 5]

Some sort of a Russian testing grounds?

[-Paladin- 10]

2K22 Tunguska in the grassfield? See the cable going over the road and to a pole, look half way down the pole and to the left of that. Right above the first dark bush there.

or a gepard

[Steakslim 1]

Actually I'm kinda convinced now that it is a Havoc, despite what Pufu has said.

[scajolly 14]

Oh, we investigating Kamran now? Hahaha

This is definitely not Greece - they apparently don't have airbases near the sea (unless that there is a lake).

The Tunguska/SPAAG adds credentials to all parts of the picture being real. However, what military base allows people to take pictures of it? :confused:

[cannonouscrash 12]

Actually I'm kinda convinced now that it is a Havoc, despite what Pufu has said.

Havocs only have one rotor blade.

I believe it to be neither Kamov or havoc.

Probably a kamoc or Hamov

[Przemek_kondor 13]

I put every screenshot into a layer, then XORed them together, with Paint.NET.

or this in qt c++:

QImage i1("screenshot1.png");

QImage i2("screenshot2.png");

QImage i3("screenshot3.png");

QImage i4("screenshot4.png");

QImage dest(i1);

for (int i = 0; i < i1.height(); ++i)

{

for (int j = 0; j < i1.width(); ++j)

{

QRgb pixel1 = i1.pixel(j, i);

QRgb pixel2 = i2.pixel(j, i);

QRgb pixel3 = i3.pixel(j, i);

QRgb pixel4 = i4.pixel(j, i);

dest.setPixel(j, i, pixel1 ^ pixel2 ^ pixel3 ^ pixel4);

}

}

dest.save("dest.jpg");

[Nicholas 5]

Kamran hotlinked the image from kamran.cc/arma2/5thImage.png

kamran.cc doesnt hold any information

kamran.cc/arma2 also holds no information

No duh, he's just another user just like you and me trying to figure out the puzzle. He just hosted the image on his personal website. Nothing wrong with that, he's been registered since 2005.

[cctoide 0]

The traffic sign in that photo looks like it has a yellow background... might just be the lighting, though. Could be useful for narrowing down where it was taken, if it is.

[jakerod 254]

Kamran hotlinked the image from kamran.cc/arma2/5thImage.png

kamran.cc doesnt hold any information

kamran.cc/arma2 also holds no information

Kamran.cc/arma2 has a bunch of Arma II patches on it and the ArmA II demo.

Not to mention he translated something for me earlier. I trust him.

[noubernou 77]

Thats for sure a river in the background, or at least a lake (possibly a reservoir).

It really looks like the Columbia River valley for some reason... At least that dry, arid, rain shadow terrain that you see near large mountain ranges in the northern hemisphere.

[cannonouscrash 12]

He's trying to figure out the puzzle just like you and me. He just hosted the image on his personal website. Nothing wrong with that, he's been registered since 2005.

His forum posts says he has 7 post, in 6 years. Yet only two show up on his profile.

Im only looking around :-X