Computer Science Students Take First Place in Computer Hacking Contest

Four Buena Vista University computer science majors earned first place in a computer hacking contest recently hosted by Taylor University of Upland, Ind. BVU was represented by Kelsey McConnaughy, Brieann Haberl, Tyler Freese, and Greg Tystahl. The group, advised by Dr. Nathan Backman, Associate Professor of Computer Science.

The contest requires teams to find vulnerabilities (bugs) in application code that can lead to the theft of confidential data (flags in the simulation) residing on the server. Teams must fix those vulnerabilities to prevent the theft of their flags. If a team hasn't fixed code and, thus, protected its flag, other teams may capture the flag.

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