Hints

Open them only when stuck, one at a time, and keep count for your self-assessment.

Hint 1

In the Browser, go to Nameless Square and download the original attachment from the leak post.

Hint 2

For the photo’s full metadata, see the exiftool output in the Terminal log. If you use a terminal, download the original and run exiftool yourself.

Hint 3

Where is +09:00? Search MistSearch for “time zone”, then check the attendance sheet under Files. Careful with Singapore.

Hint 4

Check the phone model against the BYOD register, but it dates from March. Look at the #random Slack log, or people’s recent PicNote posts.

Hint 5

Open the full image on the Photo page and zoom in with your browser (Ctrl or ⌘ and +). Look closely at the bottom left and right of the trackpad.

Hint 6

The sticker and the laptop’s colour both turn up in the Slack logs and on PicNote. MistSearch can tell you where the sticker comes from.

Hint 7

Writing habits: compare British and American spelling (colour or color, realise or realize), the quote marks, and the sign-off "That's all." The terminal log has a grep for it.

Hint 8

Last step: cross out who you’ve ruled out on the Notes page, then name your suspect in the Case report.