Lost in Transit

Challenge Overview

The goal of this challenge was to determine the location of a train station based on a photograph and the time of day. The flag format was the train station name followed by the time window.

Initial Analysis

First impressions of the photograph pointed to a location in France based on the little flag on the train station.

Finding the Location

Reverse image search was the first step in identifying the location since there were not many other stand out clues. After translating a few websites I found a picture that looked very similar and noted it was named Saint-Charles in Marsillie.

Now that the location was identified, I had to figure out the exact time of day the photo was taken. Since there is no date information, I was unable to use a website to find when this train was at St-Charles station. So instead I had to use trial and error. Since the sky is clear and sunny it had to be within 8am and 6pm.After a few tries I was able to succesfully solve the challenge.

Flag

OSINT{saint_charles_10am-12pm}

Conclusion

This challenge was straightforward once the location was identified. The key was using reverse image search and trial and error to determine the time of day. This lead to a successful solution.