2024 HackTheon Sejong
Name of Competition ‘2024 HackTheon Sejong’ International University Students’ Cyber Security Competition
Eligibility Undergraduate students from within and outside the country
※Graduate students are not eligible
Team Requirements
  • Maximum 4 people including the team leader in 1 team
  • One person cannot be in more than 1 team, or one team(person) cannot be in more than 1 category (beginner, advanced)
  • The team name should be 15 characters or less and should be a name that well expresses the team characteristics, but use of team names that are inappropriate due to social norms is restricted.
Categories Advanced and Beginner
* A person who has a winning record in other competitions such as Cyber Attack Defense Contest, White Hat Contest, WACON, Code Gate, etc. cannot participate in the beginner category.
Prizes
  • 14 teams, total KRW 38 million
  • Advanced Category Prizes : Grand Prize (1 team) KRW 10 million/
    Excellence (2 teams) KRW 5 million each/
    Honorable Mention (4 teams) KRW 3 million each
  • Beginner Category Prizes : Grand Prize (1 team) KRW 2 million/
    Excellence (2 teams) KRW 1 million each/
    Honorable Mention (4 teams) KRW 500,000 each
  • ※Benefit for the top-ranking team in the Advanced category (1 team)
    1. Opportunity to advance to the main stage of “2024 Cyber Conflict Exercise(CCE)”
       *International hacking competition hosted by the National Intelligence Service
    2. Opportunity to participate in "2024 ASEAN Cyber Shield Hacking Defense Contest (ACS)" as a special guest
       *International hacking competition hosted by ASEAN
Competition Schedule (KST)
Application Period
March 25 to
April 24, 2024
Preliminaries
April 27, 2024(Sat)
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
※Online
Finals
June 19, 2024(Wed)
10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Awards Ceremony
June 20, 2024(Thu)
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Place for finals and awards ceremony Government Complex Sejong Convention Center (66 Dasom 3-ro, Sejong City) Grand Banquet Hall (4F)