A recovery log for strange encrypted data fragments found at forgotten locations.
I received a bizarre email from an unknown sender using the address delta47sigint@maildrop.cc.
The subject was:
Hidden Data – Archive. Hint for Access in the Future
The message contained no files — just three sets of GPS coordinates and cryptic phrases:
The lost data waits.
It shall be discovered at the places that hold the forgotten.
29.08640264421758, -13.450426084408708 – Where the past gathers in empty spaces.
35.00784770355935, 25.82743841070011 – Beneath the rocks, where the wind whispers.
52.07428901141415, 4.306197246073584 – Concealed in shadows behind the right sign.
All the drives are pieces of the puzzle, but there are more...
You will find them, if you seek.
Out of curiosity, I checked the locations. Strangely enough, I realized I had already planned trips to all of them - Lanzarote in March, Crete in May, and The Hague in early June.
During the first trip, I visited the coordinates on Lanzarote. In an abandoned structure near the coast, I found a USB stick-unlabeled, dusty, and definitely not something left by accident.
The only marking: EXTN_REG/NULL.
I created this repository to document the recovery process and store anything that might be extractable.
The filesystem is encrypted. No access yet. No idea what’s on it.
When I tried to mount the stick, I was met with a dead end:
Fatal Error: Encrypted filesystem - Unable to mount without decryption module
On my next trip, I followed the coordinates to a decaying bunker, half-buried along the island’s southern coast. The structure juts from the beach in a shallow arch and looks like an almost completely submerged sphere — long abandoned, open to the elements, stripped of all interior fixtures. Faded graffiti covers parts of the exterior, alongside a carved emblem: a circle marked with the number 12, crossed by two tools — possibly hammers or axes. I found an SD card lodged in a narrow crack near the base of the wall opposite the entrance, partially concealed by debris.
No label. No visible origin.
The filesystem is fragmented. Same signature, different error. Still no access yet. And still no clue what’s inside.
When both the USB stick and the SD card are mounted simultaneously, a cryptic error message is triggered — suggesting
that a third component is required to initiate full decryption:
0xF1Ω32: Secondary cipher vessel missing - Mount cryptographic adjunct to initialize key-synthesis
Another fragment recovered in the city center, at the third location referenced in the message.
Outside a second hand store on Prinsegracht 36. A micro SD card was found lodged behind one of the weathered wooden
signs next to the door — partially exposed, yet unnoticed.
No casing. No label. Slight oxidation along the contacts.
When mounted alongside the previous two fragments, the system recognized all three — triggering a new response:
Handshake completed. Decryption attempt initialized.
- Devices recovered: March 2025 (Lanzarote), May 2025 (Crete), June 2025 (The Hague)
- Filesystem: All fragments recognized – handshake completed
- Decryption: Attempt initialized – status unknown
- Next step: Analyze system response and monitor for further transmissions
Three fragments. One sequence triggered. Something’s moving - but full access remains out of reach.