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Stepping inside the cybercriminal's mind

Editorial Type: News     Date: 03-2016    Views: 1112      







Cyber Security Challenge UK recently teamed up with Protection Group International (PGI) to create the ultimate insight into a cybercriminal's mind - a life-size recreation of a hacker's bedroom

This event formed the first in a series of competitions for Cyber Security Challenge UK, which aims to find the UK's best cyber security talent.

Combining the unique facilities at PGI's Cyber Academy and its security specialists, which include former UK Government experts and military personnel, the event challenged 24 candidates to solve a crime akin to those encountered by law enforcement and intelligence agencies every day.

Two 17-year-old cyber prodigies, Dan Galbraith and Ben Jackson, were part of the winning line-up. The National Crime Agency revealed late last year that this is now the average age of a hacker. Initiatives like the Challenge are regarded as hugely important for nurturing young cyber talent and preventing them from falling onto the wrong side of the law.

The winning team, pictured, included: Dan Galbraith, 17, from Feltham, who earlier this year developed virtual games for the Challenge's play-on-demand platform; Oliver Gillespie, 22, a mechanical engineering student at Bath who represented the UK in the European Cyber Security Challenge last October; Oliver Simonett, 21, a student from Manchester who, following attendance at a Challenge cyber bootcamp, has co-founded an ethical hacking group at De Montford University; and Ben Jackson, 17.

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