Supervised by Dr Haibo Hu, the PolyU Capture The Flag (CTF) Team comprised of Sham Wing Chung (COMP student), Leung Hon Lam (BSc in INS student), Ho Ka Yui (BSc in INS student) and Kwan Chun Kit (BSc in IMT student), won the Champion of the PwC HackaDay CTF Competition on 24 November 2022. HackaDay is the PwC Hong Kong’s annual flagship event which holds competitions for undergraduate students from Hong Kong and Macau to understand more about cybersecurity and cloud ecosystems. It aims to raise students’ competency level and prepare them for a meaningful career in cybersecurity with the CTF Competition. The contestants were required to expose themselves to real-life scenarios during this competition. The contest provided a centralized platform for future cybersecurity talents to learn, hack and co-secure the environment and society.
