Polish IT experts win world cybersecurity contest

A Polish team of computer scientists won the general classification of an international cybersecurity contest “Capture the Flag,” beating their competitors from Japan, the US, Russia and Germany, TVN24 reported. Polish team, dubbed “Dragon Sector,” competed in 33 tournaments, winning seven of them and reaching podium 18 times altogether. Poland was represented by IT security experts employed in the public as well as the private sector (Google and CERT Polska, among others) and two students. Up to 2,000 teams participated in the contest which was held in various places around the world. The teams had to solve between 20 and 50 puzzles in 24-48 hours as well as defend their own server and attack the competitors' security systems.