Sensecon 2020
sconwar – sensecon 2020
Much like other events in 2020, our annual internal hackathon took a remote format this year, sporting over 120 hackers from across the globe. We had many challenges available during the conference which included a password cracking challenge, a discord bot challenge and a programming challenge. This post will talk about the programming challenge called sconwar. You can get the source code for it here.
incubation Admittedly I was really nervous about the idea for a hacker hackathon in general, but we can only become better hackers by understanding technologies better, more specifically, understanding them by using them. I often hear people say they want to get into programming, for which there are many options, but more often that not the drive ends with “well, what do I code?”.
sensecon 2020 ex post facto
When we finally decided on a date, sensecon 2020 was little over a month away. Unlike our public client events, internally sensecon is a three day conference filled with trainings, a hackathon and a ton of fun. Traditionally we would have had the hackathon in person, but this year our only option was to do it remotely. Overall we had a blast, both in the preparation phase but also during the conference. It was the largest one we had to date, consisting of over 120 Orange Cyberdefense hackers from 8 countries around the globe! This blog post will be a reflection on these three days filled with incredibly exciting hacks, talking about how we got there, how it went and what we had learned along the way. All while I recover from a little sleep deprivation.
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