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Username Pivoting

osint · easy · +30 XP

Target

GET /api/lab/username-pivot-101/lookup?username=... (mock sherlock-style cross-site lookup) GET /api/lab/username-pivot-101/profile?site=...&username=... (fetch a profile's public data)

Goal: start from username darkr00t. The lookup tells you which sites it exists on. One of those profiles has an avatar EXIF GPS or a status-message that leaks a secondary handle. Pivot to that handle, fetch its profile, and the bio contains the flag.

// AI hint · first is free · then 1 credit or 5 XP
// attack console
/api/lab/username-pivot-101/
// reuse on the cli
// submit flag
// no solves yet

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