@kunle_kenny After I read the book so many things became clear to me.
No one is really "self made" some thing or someone helped them directly or indirectly. It could be right timing, right place, background etc
question 9, I discovered that the cipher used was AES. I decrypted it using the following parameters;
Cipher Mode of decryption: ECB
Padding: No Padding
Key size in bits: 256
Secret Key: 0x_S1r_x58!@#53cuReK371337!$%^&*
Answer:"Card Number: 5453004085527987"
10) CREDIT CARD INFORMATION WAS STOLEN. WHAT WAS THE SECOND LINE IN THE EXFILTRATED PAYMENT INFORMATION?
I got the encrypted sms and payment data that was sent to the server from the wireshark capture and having looked at the decompiled source code while trying to solve