"Carnegie Mellon's Hacking Team Wins Third Straight, Record Eighth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title"

The most successful team in DEF CON's Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) "Plaid Parliament of Pwning" (PPP), won its third consecutive title, earning its eighth victory. DEF CON's flagship competition gathers cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and students to break each other's systems, steal virtual flags, and accumulate points while protecting their own systems. As cyberattacks rise worldwide, such events allow top cybersecurity engineers to compete and learn new techniques. This article continues to discuss the success of CMU's hacking team and DEF CON's three-day flagship competition.

CyLab reports "Carnegie Mellon's Hacking Team Wins Third Straight, Record Eighth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title"

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