Attempt to decode Md5 hashes in base64 format

decode_base64.py

import base64

sample_string_bytes = base64.b64decode("KFukvivpCM5QXl5SqKe41g==")

print(f"Bytes: {sample_string_bytes}")

try:
    sample_string = sample_string_bytes.decode("utf-8")
    print(f"Decoded string: {sample_string}")
except Exception as e:
    print(e)

try:
    sample_string = sample_string_bytes.decode("ascii")
    print(f"Decoded string: {sample_string}")
except Exception as e:
    print(e)

try:
    sample_string = sample_string_bytes.decode("utf-16")
    print(f"Decoded string: {sample_string}")
except Exception as e:
    print(e)

try:
    sample_string = sample_string_bytes.decode("utf-32")
    print(f"Decoded string: {sample_string}")
except Exception as e:
    print(e)

output

(venv) peter@Peters-MacBook-Air slingshot % python scripts/decode.py
Bytes: b'([\xa4\xbe+\xe9\x08\xceP^^R\xa8\xa7\xb8\xd6'
'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa4 in position 2: invalid start byte
'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xa4 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)
Decoded string: 嬨뺤츈幐剞Ꞩ횸
'utf-32-le' codec can't decode bytes in position 0-3: code point not in range(0x110000)