Sandan Gong, Hosting Hacking Mail Attack Idea Competition

Daegu University Information Security Gifted Education Center Joint Event

The Korea Industrial Complex Corporation and Daegu University's Yeongnam Information Security Gifted Education Center held the '2021 Hacking Mail Attack Idea Competition' on the 20th at Daegu University and are taking a commemorative photo with the participating students.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (Chairman Kim Jeong-hwan) announced on the 22nd that it held a 'Hacking Email Attack Idea Contest' to prevent ransomware infections and information leaks in collaboration with Daegu University Yeongnam Information Security Gifted Education Center.

The contest held on the 20th was organized with the purpose of enhancing the proactive hacking response capabilities of public institutions by hosting an idea contest using 'phishing,' one of the representative hacking methods, in response to the recent increase in hacking incidents that embed malware through emails to leak information or disrupt work.

The contest, held at Daegu University Gyeongsan Campus, involved a total of 100 middle and high school students and tutor university students from the Information Security Gifted Education Center, as well as 15 students from the Information Security Club of Gyeongbuk Software High School. It was conducted by evaluating intelligently crafted attack emails to increase the realism of hacking email training.

As a result of the contest, one team won the grand prize, two teams won excellence awards, and three teams won encouragement awards, receiving the Chairman's Award from Korea Industrial Complex Corporation. A representative of Korea Industrial Complex Corporation said, "We will utilize the attack emails created through this contest in our internal simulation training to improve employees' hacking email response skills and information security capabilities," and added, "We will continue to strive to create various opportunities to motivate young people with dreams and talents in the field of information security through collaboration with the local community and to raise the security level of the institution."

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