Griffith University students have proven they can hack it with the country’s best in this year’s Cyber Security Challenge.
Gold Coast based Bachelor of Computer Science students Lachlan Ashcroft, Lee Goymer, Thomas Csere and Christopher Skorka were the top-ranked first year team in Australia, placing them fourth overall.
The hacking competition is run by an alliance of Australian Government, business and academic professionals and aims to unearth future talent in the cyber-security sphere.
Griffith’s Cyber Security Challenge team in action.
The Griffith University team spent the competition’s designated 24 hours in an otherwise empty room on campus, surviving on just two hours sleep as they tried to fend off cyber attacks.
“I wouldn’t say it was stressful, but it was difficult,” said Thomas Csere. “We each played to our strengths on the various challenges.”
For team captain Lachlan Ashcroft, it was a chance to gain first-hand experience of a potential career path.
“We all wanted to be
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