June 1, 2006
Worldwide Wellness
page is updated which reveals a secret phone message, and the ominous message,
“Persephone, if you can read this I know who you are”.
As promised, DJ Dan posted a new podcast, however, fans soon found that
djdan.am had been hacked, and instead of finding the podcast, they were directed
to letyourcompassguideyou.com where they found new content in the “
owells”
folder. Among which, was a hacked version of DJ Dan’s latest podcast.
June 6, 2006
A new link is added to the Institute for Genomic Advancement page. Upon clicking
on the underlined word “
disease“,
a countdown timer and message from Persephone appears.
A Hanso Foundation
commercial, which directs viewers to
http://www.retriversoftruth.com,
airs during an episode of Boston Legal.
June 7, 2006
The password “
parthenogenesis”
is found embedded in the source code of richerdeeperbroader.com, and is used to
unlock a hidden area on the Institute for Genomic Advancement page.
June 8, 2006
A link to Monster.com is added to djdan.am, which leads gamers to a new podcast
by DJ Dan. In this podcast, a caller leaves an
ominous warning for
DJ Dan.
June 12, 2006
Persephone posts a new set of numbers, which, once translated, direct gamers to a
new image at
http://hole4.thehansofoundation.org.
The Mental Health Appeal page is hacked, and information about the hidden
page is leaked onto the Internet before the password is discovered. This latest
update reveals the meaning of the
D.H.A.R.M.A.
(Department of Heuristics And Research on Material Applications) acronym.
June 13, 2006
One of the mysteries of the “Hole” pictures is finally revealed when a message
from Persephone, “
Timeless
Together“, leads gamers to combine the image names and discover the anagram
“light sequence again”. This new password is then used to unlock the Mental
Health Appeal’s hidden features, which were leaked the day before.
Another link to a hidden page is added to the Electromagnetic Research
Initiative page, which reveals a correspondence between Thomas Mittelwerk, and
Hoo-Gon Choi of an
unknown government ministry.
June 14, 2006
A url is found in a newly added thread on the Retriever’s of Truth board, which
leads gamers to DJ Dan’s latest podcast. The podcast, which was originally
announced to be released on
June 13, kept gamers
guessing as to why it was released a day late. Among the topics discussed is a
caller question about “Nanobots”.
June 16, 2006
An image showing various objects is posted on persephone.thehansofoundation.org,
which provides the clues to finding the password “
recluse“.
A new login box is found on the Life Extension Project page by clicking on
the word “
mortality“.
Gamers then are able to unlock the new hidden page by entering the “recluse”
password found at the Persephone url. At the end of the hack, gamers are locked
out of thf.org, however, access is still possible through alternate urls, and
direct links.
A new discussion thread is added to the Retrievers of Truth forum which leads
gamers to start AIMing in-game board users DSLerator, and iobiSeeingYou.
A new link is added to the DJ Dan podcast page, and the “Fallout” footer is
changed. The word “
BigD”
is added to the upper left, and three green dots appear in the upper right when
you float your mouse over the pic. By clicking on the new footer, gamers are
redirected to sublymonal.com. DJ Dan’s latest podcast can then be heard by
entering the password “BigD” into the login box.
A video by a woman identifying herself as “
Rachel
Blake” is found on Monster.com. Since there was no direct link between the
video and the ARG, it was debatable as to whether or not she was an in game
character.
