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AI Research Leak

Miscellaneous 350 pts standard
Challenge Description

A researcher working on an experimental AI security project accidentally uploaded internal files before the repository was taken offline.

Several artifacts were recovered from the leaked backup, but important information appears to have been removed. Can you reconstruct what happened and recover the hidden artifact?

Flag Format - HackCTF{...}

Author - prap

Files
↓ AI_Research_Leak.zip
Hints
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One of the recovered logs contains a message encoded in an unusual format.

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Image viewers only display part of what is stored inside a PNG file.

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The archive password is hidden in the image itself.

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