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 A repository to store and track my progress through the various task phases of **Cryptonite**, the cybersecurity student project of MIT Manipal.
 
-- **Phase 1:** Consisted of solving the first 22 levels of the [`bandit`](https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/) challenge, a beginner's level CTF serving as an introduction to the Linux shell.
-- **Phase 2:** Involved solving a list of challenges on [`picoCTF`](https://play.picoctf.org/practice), an intermediate cybersecurity challenge series.
+- **Phase 1:** Consisted of solving the first 22 levels of the [bandit](https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/) challenge, a beginner's level CTF serving as an introduction to the Linux shell.
+- **Phase 2:** Involved solving a list of challenges on [picoCTF](https://play.picoctf.org/practice), an intermediate cybersecurity challenge series.