multi-encode
Description
Here is your flag:
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H4sIAIpTM2MA/xWPQXObMBBG/1LWaQ+5urbkKgOdLOhbSTcBnVEiUWihA/avD7nv2+89jLQx2d26JKJ36/MwifJbuLBwme8orKMyS38r0rm3zcsee6r/9yqlyp3vAsSGgmtycJ2anS/DVJfwz+YhIM9P9rQKxGj5c0bn+NnmEBvNWvKLxAd+ovRkT2ppCt65GPGy6opmyKhaJnODpqUdr7u4Wfg5JXyoOKh6QanfcUpewK+W3vb+iub471qE+LvkDa1KyN/1sZ9xMrpXjJjD4+CzYFY1uKnG5EDDt46u97YMHzyyw+EHFdbqgl+d3r/6BZmunJNUMJeDf62L+XvcN+zOFYQeFYKEG6fDb2qRfgzF7zKupUPQrU2Th1njTaFT5uGfgvSEJaj66PUk7XlqCIKCmvXy8glk8nKrkAEAAA==
Flag format: ctf{sha256}
Steps
by looking at the provided flag we can see that it is base64 encoded
Solution
when putting the b64 flag in CyberChef we can see that the output is gunzipped and encoded in base64 6 times
Flag
ctf{a7e0c5ea8025205088cc47948d54fe74a66d45ec56728824a163e795f30b3e42}
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