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Double Cipher Decryption

Decrypt a message that has been encrypted twice using two different letter substitution mappings applied in sequence. You must reverse both encryption layers to recover the original message.

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Late January, 2026

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In a classroom setting, students are passing ciphered messages. You have intercepted a message from Carol intended for Alice. However, Carol is one of the smartest pupils and has applied a double layer of encryption to her message to keep it secret. The Mechanism The encryption follows the communication chain established in the classroom: Alice to Bob (AB): Alice sends messages to Bob using a specific letter substitution mapping. Bob to Carol (BC): Bob sends messages to Carol using a different letter substitution mapping. Carol’s message to Alice was ciphered twice: Layer 1: It was first ciphered using the mapping used for Bob to Carol. Layer 2: That result was then ciphered a second time using the mapping used for Alice to Bob.

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