What is SSdtIGtpbGxpbmcgeW91ciBicmFpbiBsaWtlI…?

Cryptopals

SSdtIGtpbGxpbmcgeW91ciBicmFpbiBsaWtlIGEgcG9pc29ub3VzIG11c2hyb29t
Decoded typePlain text (text/plain)
Decoded size48 B
Base64 length64 characters
I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom
49 27 6D 20 6B 69 6C 6C 69 6E 67 20 79 6F 75 72
20 62 72 61 69 6E 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 61 20 70 6F
69 73 6F 6E 6F 75 73 20 6D 75 73 68 72 6F 6F 6D

Explanation

This string decodes to "I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom", a Vanilla Ice lyric.

It is the expected answer of Cryptopals Set 1, Challenge 1 ("Convert hex to base64"), so thousands of people learning cryptography search for it. The original hex input starts with 49276d206b696c6c696e67. Try it in the Hex to Base64 converter.

You can decode any similar value yourself with the Base64 decoder, or identify a file from its first characters with the Base64 to File converter.

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