Innopolis University holds the first InnoCTF International Contest
As many as 1111 participants from 51 countries took part in the online cyber security contest. Ninety four high school teams and 222 student teams solved 20 tasks in the areas of web, reverse engineering, programming, networks, cryptography and shorthand. The teams from South Korea, Russia, USA and Poland became the winners.
CTF is a computer security contest in Capture the Flag format. Grades for the tasks depend on the difficulty. The results of the contest are as following:.
Top 3 student rankings:
1. $ wag (South Korea);
2. Red Cadets (Russia);
3. Armia Prezesa (Poland).
Top 3 high school rankings:
1. v0va (Russia);
2. Tanuki squad (Russia);
3. PentaHex (USA).
Winners and prize-winners of the contestt will be able to get immediately to the on-site selection stage to receive an educational grant, which covers 100 per cent of the cost of education at Innopolis University, bypassing the correspondence selection stage, which is mandatory for all candidates.