Ghost in the Ledger is done.
We set out to run a CTF for Mumbai. It ended up international.
350+ teams. 47+ cities. 5+ countries.
278 teams in the qualifier. The top three finished seconds apart.
40 finalists flew in from 10+ cities to IIT Bombay.
Built to resist AI harnesses. It held. The flags came out of people, not models.
On stage: Mr. Nikhil Srivastava on why AI is killing bug bounty as a career, Mr. Nitin Bhatnagar on what really happens in this industry, and Ms. Rishika Desai on threat intel.
Our top 6:
馃 Kaarnxge
馃 B1TMIN3RS
馃 Deathwing
馃弲 BlitzHack
馃弲 COECS-NFSU
馃弲 Shell Shock
One more thing: Cyber Unbound is launching something soon to fix cybersecurity hiring. More shortly.
Thanks to our partners IITB Trust Lab, BlackPerl, OffSec India Chapter, TryHackMe, BSides Mumbai and Zeron.
And to Keshav from CSeC IIT Bombay, who made the logistics work.
The ghost has been caught. We'll find another one.