Lost in Base

Cryptography 100 pts standard
Challenge Description

A developer accidentally encoded the flag multiple times before sending it.

Message.txt : S1ZYSEE2Q1FJNUpYVzNaVU1ZWlY2NTNJUEpSVENZTFVMNTNHTVgzVE5CUVgy

Task:

    1. Identify multiple encodings
    1. Decode step by step

Skill: Encoding identification

Difficulty: Easy

Hints
View Hint : Hints 1

Hint 1: The final message ends without padding, but it looks very "alphanumeric." If it contains lowercase, uppercase, and numbers, what is the most common 64-bit encoding?

View Hint : Hints 2

Hint 2: If you see a string of all caps and the numbers 2-7, you’ve likely stumbled into Base32.

View Hint : Hints 3

Hint 3: The flag format is HackCTF{...}. If your decoded text looks like UnpxPGS{...}, you might need to "rotate" your thinking by 13 places.

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