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+# The Original Reading
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+**Category:** Database
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+**Points:** 70
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+## Description
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+\<iframe src="" style="background-image: url('https://deadface.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2026/img/wayfinder/the_original_reading.png');background-size:cover;background-position:center center;background-origin:content-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-color:rgba(40, 40, 40,0);min-height:80px;height:130px;width:100%;padding:10px;border:none" title="Thumbnail">\</iframe>
+\<sup>Created By: \<code>@syyntax\</code>\</sup>
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+Aurora Pharmaceuticals ran a Phase III trial for a drug called Veltrexa, and the trial's EDC (electronic data capture) system keeps a full audit trail of every edit in a `data_changes` table. Most entries are routine source-data corrections — but exactly one rewrote a primary efficacy endpoint, quietly changing the number to make the drug look like it worked. Recover the original value that was overwritten.
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+Use the provided MySQL shell.
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+Submit the value exactly as it appears in the audit trail, wrapped in the flag. Example: `deadface{1.4}`.
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+[Access Database](https://aurora.dctf.io)
+
+## Services
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+- [https://deadface.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com](https://deadface.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com)
+- [https://aurora.dctf.io)](https://aurora.dctf.io))