The Black Bag challenge is the sweet spot between hacking, espionage, physical security, and teamwork. We create a series of challenges contained within a physical space which test a wide variety of security skills. It’s called a black bag, because you cannot see into it. You do not know anything about each challenge until you are about to do it and it might require multiple skills to get through it. For this reason it is a team effort to complete a black bag.

This year you’ll work through challenges that are in and around the conference centre, before attempting to gain entry to ‘the server room’. Beware, however, the server room has heavy security and will require at least one person to physically enter to bridge an air gap, while others assist them from the outside to bypass systems. Your team will need every ounce of skill you can get. If you would like to prepare, here are some of the skills you might need: RF, Surveillance, Teamwork, Web exploitation, Attacking Windows, Attacking Linux.

To sign up head to https://hackersofmiddle.earth and make your user and team. You will not be able to see challenges until Thursday 0930, but it is always best to be prepared.