{"id":984,"date":"2014-10-27T04:19:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetsafety.trendmicro.com\/?p=984"},"modified":"2014-10-27T04:19:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:19:12","slug":"a-hacking-contest-to-promote-digital-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/blog\/a-hacking-contest-to-promote-digital-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hacking Contest to Promote Digital Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lto_pic\"<\/a> By Lynette Owens<\/p>\n

October 27, 2014<\/p>\n

This year, we are proud to sponsor a great competition designed to promote online safety and digital literacy among our nation’s youth.<\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon University’s annual “capture the flag” contest called picoCTF2014 is a computer security game with a story line, where students are challenged to solve a mystery and find someone who is missing using a limited amount of time and very few clues.<\/p>\n

This is a great way for middle and high school students in the U.S., with any level of computer programming knowledge, to work in teams and get first-hand experience in reverse engineering, decrypting, and hacking in a legal environment and gain an appreciation for computer security as a potential future career path.\u00a0 For us, it’s another chance to encourage a positive use of the Internet while supporting our mission of promoting online safety and digital literacy as early and as often as possible among youth.<\/p>\n

Oh, and there’s the chances of winning some nice cash prizes – the top 10 teams can win up to $6,000 for their team and an additional $4,000 for their school.<\/p>\n

The contest opens today and runs through November 7, 2014, so please encourage your students, kids, and local schools to participate!<\/p>\n

Read more about the contest at these links:<\/p>\n

About who is running<\/a> the contest<\/p>\n

About picoCTF2014 <\/a><\/p>\n

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This year, we are proud to sponsor a great competition designed to promote online safety and digital literacy among our nation’s youth. <\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon University’s annual “capture the flag” contest called picoCTF2014 is a computer security game with a story line, where students are challenged to solve a mystery and find someone who is missing using a limited amount of time and very few clues.<\/p>\n

There are tons of cash prizes for students AND schools. The contest opens today and ends November 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[8,47,130,93,6,5,131,48,10,23,55,21],"class_list":["post-984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-parents","category-for-teachers","tag-digital-citizenship","tag-digital-literacy","tag-digitalliteracy","tag-edtech","tag-education","tag-internet-safety","tag-internet-security","tag-media-literacy","tag-online-safety","tag-privacy","tag-security","tag-teens","wpautop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t