# Hack into the file!

You are a government worker. You have successfully intercepted a file from terrorists. But you need to put in a password. This is the only clue: 1 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 2 5 5 3 3 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4

Hint:

The cipher isn't A = 1 B = 2

I will post a new hint every day the puzzle isn't solved.

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Given that each of the numbers is between $1$ and $5$, I believe this is related to

And so

Grouping the numbers in pairs we have $(1,4), (1,1), (4,4), (4,4), (2,5), (5,3), (3,4), (4,1), (4,2), (4,4), (4,2), (4,4)$

Then, applying these to the following grid

Where

We refer to the first coordinate as the column number and the second as the row number

We get