A team of PolyU students including Ho Chun Yin (BSc in INS student), Ho Ka Yui (BSc in INS student), Leung Hon Lam (BSc in INS student) and Sham Wing Chung (COMP student) won the Gold Award of Tertiary Institution Category in the Hong Kong Cyber Security New Generation Capture the Flag Challenge 2022! The competition was jointly organized by the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) and its Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) for about 1200 players in 434 teams to enhance the cyber security awareness of young people in Hong Kong in November 2022. Coached by Dr Haibo Hu and our MPhil student, Mr Hopkins Kong, the winning team applied creative thinking and cyber security skills to solve 47 questions within 48 hours, enabling them to acquire cyber security knowledge such as cryptography, programming concept and forensics in this challenge.
