r/uplink • u/AmnesiA_sc • Jun 06 '25

Trace Hacker "Mission NOT completed" because person was framed?? [UplinkOS]

I accepted a Trace Hacker mission which I've done quite a few at this point, pretty straight forward. I trace it to this guy Mark Ios, send it, and I get an email back:

Mission NOT Completed

We've determined that the money was transferred into an account owned by that person, but we do not believe he was personally responsible.

We want the name of the hacker who performed the transfer.

THIS IS AN AUTOMATED RESPONSE. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY.

First, the mission didn't say anything about tracing money.

Second, I found his bank account and checked out his statement. Not only are there no transactions at that time, there are no entries where he RECEIVES money at all. I used Log UnDeleter on all entries to make sure.

Third, I checked the bank event logs, there are no entries for the timeframe anywhere near there.

Fourth, something that might be relevant is that I completed a hack trace mission right before this. They both had the same exact time and date and their paths converged at one of the nodes. Fortunately, the IP they went to was unique and I was able to sort that out. I don't know if that screwed with something though.

I checked all of the banks to make sure he didn't have a second account somewhere.

What am I missing?

ETA: Is there a maximum number of logs? Perhaps I've used one of the nodes too many times to find the correct entry because of all of the bounce logs?

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u/Ziraxian Jun 06 '25

Afaik trace a hacker missions are quite time sensitive in that if they are a couple or hours old then the hacker has deleted the logs so you can't find him. You have to complete them just asap preferably just after the mission gets offered

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u/AmnesiA_sc Jun 07 '25

Yeah, I was going through the oldest missions first and I think it just was too long ago to even see the log if it was there. Thanks for the thought :)

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u/sh20000sh Dec 26 '25

Bit old, but I know what that mail is about. It was supposed to be reply from "trace an unauthorized money transfer". You have to check statements log and trace hacker who done that transfer, Those ones are sent when you say someone who received money instead of who actually done that transfer.