CTF in orbit: how RUVDS and Positive Technologies lured hackers into space

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Will the contestants be able to crack the universe?

Today, July 18, sports hacking competitions from Positive Technologies and RuVDS, an international cloud provider, started. Competitions are held in the popular CTF (Capture the Flag) format, and the key role is played by the RuVDS server satellite, launched into Earth orbit this month. The spacecraft will transmit signals to Earth, which will need to be decoded for successful completion of all stages.

Hacker competitions offer participants seven tasks that require them to demonstrate a high level of knowledge in the field of information security. One of the interesting tests is hacking an artificial intelligence system based on the ChatGPT language model.

According to Nikita Tsaplin, founder and CEO of RuVDS, the competition will last approximately 90 hours. "To participate in the hackathon, registration is not required, but it will start unexpectedly: contestants will have to find their first task in our social networks. <...> I would also like to note that the tasks were designed in such a way as to combine the interests of a wide variety of audiences — from radio amateurs to veterans of such competitions," shared Nikita Tsaplin, founder and CEO of <url>. CEO of RuVDS.

This is not the first CTF competition for Positive Technologies. Tasks for the "space race" were developed based on the experience of the Standoff cyberbatva.

"The experience of participating in CTF is the DNA of Positive Technologies. Many of the company's experts, including myself, have participated in them since high school. I am sure that the unusual format of the space CTF will attract a large number of different researchers, " said Yaroslav Babin, Product Director of Standoff 365.

The RuVDS server satellite was delivered into orbit on June 27 by a Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle. In early July, the connection with the hosting service was successfully tested. Over the next year, the satellite will serve educational, research and other projects.
 
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