National Mokpo University Wins Grand Prize and Excellence Award at Honam Region Information Security Hackathon

Enhance Skills Through Various Experiential Program Activities

Students from the Department of Information Security at National Mokpo University (President Song Ha-cheol) won the grand prize and excellence award at the ‘2023 Honam Information Security Hackathon’ hosted by Gwangju City, Korea Internet & Security Agency, and Gwangju Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency.

According to Mokpo University on the 3rd, the competition was held over one night and two days on the 28th and 29th of last month in Gwangyang, Jeonnam. A total of 13 teams and 42 participants competed in a difficulty-based ‘Capture The Flag’ format, where they earned points by finding system vulnerabilities. The events included △Web Hacking △Pwnable △Reversing △Digital Forensics △MISC (Miscellaneous) in sequence to test their skills.

Students Ha Tae-wan and Park Jung-jun from the CacheMoney team in the Department of Information Security at National Mokpo University are receiving the grand prize and posing for a commemorative photo. [Photo by Mokpo University]

As a result of the overall evaluation, the cacheMoney team (Ha Tae-wan, Park Jeong-jun) from the Department of Information Security at National Mokpo University received the grand prize, the Korea Internet & Security Agency President’s Award, and a prize of 1 million KRW. The Ao Heewonshichi team (Kim Ho-yeon, Song Heewon) received the excellence award, the Honam Information Security Center Director’s Award, and a prize of 300,000 KRW.

These students are active in the university information security club SecuMaster, supported by KUCIS, and are striving to develop their skills as white-hat hackers.

Jung Seok-won, head of the Department of Information Security at National Mokpo University, said, “These achievements by our students are the result of practical classes, club activities, industry field training, and participation in various experiential programs such as internal and external competitions, which have helped them grow their capabilities as information guardians.” He added, “We will continue to strive to nurture talent responsible for information security in our region.”

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