Korea's next-generation security talents win Taiwan's international hacking competition

‘AI Security Competition’ Aegis CTF International Invitational Competition Winner

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Ha-young = Korea's next-generation security talents won the international hacking competition held in Taiwan.

The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) announced on the 9th that 'TEAM BoB', composed of graduates and trainees of the 'Next Generation Security Leader Training Course (BoB)', participated in the Taiwan AEGIS Hacking Contest (AEGIS CTF) International Invitational and won.

The Aegis Hacking Competition is Taiwan's representative cyber security competition led by Taiwan's national research institute, the National Chung-San Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST).

This year, it was held at the National University of Technology (NCKU) from the 7th to the 8th in the form of an international invitational exhibition inviting white hackers from around the world.

A total of 16 teams participated in this competition, which was held under the theme of 'AI for Security, Security for AI', including 10 Taiwanese teams, 1 Taiwanese team that was the winner of the previous year, and 5 international invited teams.

Team BIOB worked with participating teams to solve various tasks such as AI-based threat detection, vulnerability analysis, real-time defense, and AI and machine learning system security, and competed for practical response capabilities, ultimately ranking first.

KISA evaluated this win as significant in that it is an achievement achieved by graduates and trainees of the next-generation security leader training course.