Mokpo National University Hosts the 1st Honam Youth Hacking Competition Awards Ceremony

Holding a Hacking Competition Problem-Solving Event

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-kyung] The Information Security Gifted Education Center at National Mokpo University in Jeonnam held an awards ceremony for the outstanding teams in the hacking competition of the 1st Honam Youth Hacking Camp and a problem-solving session for the hacking competition at the Honam Cybersecurity Conference held at the National Asia Culture Center on the 30th of last month.

The 1st Honam Youth Hacking Camp, held for the first time this year with the goal of strengthening cybersecurity capabilities in the Honam region and nurturing the next generation of cybersecurity talents, was successfully completed with about 100 middle and high school students from Gwangju, Jeonnam, and Jeonbuk participating.

The students engaged in building basic knowledge of hacking, meeting professional white hackers who have won awards at international hacking defense competitions, attending expert lectures on the latest domestic and international hacking trends, and participating in the hacking competition.

A total of 47 teams participated in this hacking competition, with one team selected for the Grand Prize, two teams for Excellence Awards, two teams for Encouragement Awards, and one team for the Effort Award.

The Grand Prize and Excellence Awards received the Korea Creative Content Agency President’s Award, along with prize money of 1,000,000 KRW and 500,000 KRW respectively. The Encouragement and Effort Awards received the Director’s Award from the Information Security Gifted Education Center at Mokpo University.

The winners of the 1st Honam Youth Camp Hacking Competition are as follows: ▲Grand Prize: Lim Seung-min (Yeongheung High School) and Jeong Jae-hoon (Gwangju Software Meister High School) ▲Excellence Awards: Park Soo-chan (Korea Game Science High School) and Jeong Yong-hyun (Wando High School), Lim Do-do (Mokpo Hongil High School) and Kim Jae-hoo (Unnam High School) ▲Encouragement Awards: Kim Hyun-soo (Gwangju Mujin Middle School) and Lee Chang-geun (Juwol Middle School), Yong Dong-hyun (Sani Middle School) and Kim Bu-min (Bitgaram Middle School) ▲Effort Award: Park Jae-young and Kang Tae-yoon (Gwangdeok Middle School)

Additionally, an explanation of the problem-solving process for the hacking competition by experts was conducted. About 40 students, teachers, and parents participated, showing particular interest in the problem-solving process related to web hacking.

Meanwhile, the Information Security Gifted Education Center of the Department of Information Security at Mokpo University, which hosted this event, is the only gifted education center supported by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Education and Research Information Service that cultivates ‘Junior White Hackers’ across the Gwangju, Jeonnam, Jeonbuk, and Jeju regions.

Since 2014, it has educated a total of 632 middle and high school students, producing white hackers equipped with professional knowledge and ethical awareness. The 2023 academic year new student admission briefing session is scheduled to be held online at 11 a.m. on the 12th of next month.

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