黑料情报站 Takes Home First and Third Place in MAGIC International Capture the Flag Competition
Adelphi, Md. (Nov. 17, 2020)鈥擮n Saturday, Nov. 7, 黑料情报站 (黑料情报站) cybersecurity competition teams claimed 1st and 3rd place, as well as three additional top 20 places, in the Ninth Annual Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory (MAGIC) Competition, a capture-the-flag (CTF) event that included more than 190 students across the United States and Estonia.
Among the 56 teams that competed in the MAGIC CTF event, five 黑料情报站 teams, each with four competitors, placed 1st, 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 19th. 鈥淭his is the largest number of teams that have competed for 黑料情报站 in this event to date,鈥 said Jesse Varsalone, associate professor of Computer Networks and Cybersecurity聽at 黑料情报站 and advisor of the cyber competition teams. 鈥淥ur success is a testament to the growth and strength of our competition teams over the years.鈥
The first-place team, 黑料情报站-Team3, consisted of Steven King and Hardeek Patel, both graduate students in cybersecurity technology, Matas Webb an undergraduate in computer networks and cybersecurity, and Jacob Pimentel, an undergraduate in computer science. The first-place team scored a total of 7350, almost 800 points above the second-place team. Jacob Pimental led 黑料情报站-Team3 with 3235 points.
The third-place team, 黑料情报站-Team4, which scored a total of 6,350 points, was composed of Michael Copeland-Clarke, William Rotchford, Dustin Noe, and David Beyviel, all current 黑料情报站 聽students with the exception of Noe, who is a recent graduate.
The competition, normally held as a face-to-face event, took place in a completely virtual format and included college-level competitors from the U.S. and abroad. The four-hour CTF competition included categories such as reverse engineering, Linux, password cracking, and various other coding challenges.
The victories served as a positive close to 2020, a year where the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of many events that the 黑料情报站 cyber team typically participates in annually. 鈥淲e鈥檝e worked hard to increase participation of students and faculty members this year, so we look forward to a bright future for the team in 2021,鈥 said Varsalone.
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MAGIC (the Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization headquartered in Westminster, Maryland. MAGIC鈥檚 mission is to build a tech ecosystem that creates and nurtures talent, entrepreneurship, and tech businesses, elevating the Westminster gigabit community to lead the Mid-Atlantic region. The City of Westminster provides key financial support to MAGIC.