Cyber Battle of Tartu 2020 was the first event of the series of cybersecurity training held in Estonia for 50 young heroes’ from high school, vocational school, and university students.
The event started with a pre-week crash course, for whom it was their first contact with Linux and ended with regional CTF held. The final competition was hosted by Karl-Erik Taukar.
Final round date
October 31st, 2020
Event location
University of Tartu, Delta building
Nr. of teams
17 teams
Type of the event
Capture the Flag
Events organized
Boot camp training
Pre-qualifier round
Final round
Game format
Jeopardy
The CTF was not an average Jeopardy-style game, but an action story where the teams took the role of vigilant white hat hackers in a city that was under the attacks of an unknown adversary.
CTF’s storyboard
Teams had to put their skills into good use under heavy pressure, as the story escalated from attacks on school learning systems, CCTV cameras, and vending machines to the local hospital.
Challenge categories
Web
Reconnaissance
Digital forensics
Cryptography
Steganography
Packet capture analysis
Partners and sponsors
City of Tartu
Cybexer Technologies
Startup Estonia
KPMG
Veebimajutus