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DEF CON 32

Project Obsidian CTF Winners

The 2024 competition saw unprecedented participation with 262 registered users and 140 teams competing across multiple platforms and challenges.

🥇 1st Place
Champions
Def con dans mison
Also known as:
GhidraGoons

Back-to-back champions who demonstrated exceptional skills and strategic thinking, securing their place in CTF history.

🥈 2nd Place
Runner-up
N1t3_Tr@1n

A formidable competitor who showcased outstanding technical skills and determination throughout the competition.

🥉 3rd Place
Third Place
Slept4Day

A skilled competitor who demonstrated excellent problem-solving abilities and technical expertise in the CTF challenges.

Competition Statistics

CTFd Platform

User Registration
Friday (Aug 9)
195 users
Saturday (Aug 10)
262 users
Team Registration
Friday (Aug 9)
104 teams
Saturday (Aug 10)
140 teams
Team Size Distribution
4-person teams:10 teams
6 out of the Top 10 teams
3-person teams:14 teams
Highest: AKATSUKI (6th place)
2-person teams:24 teams
Highest: dimasiados (9th place)
Solo competitors:70 teams
Highest: Blue Team of Death (20th place)

Platform Usage

Graylog
Users:73
Reingested Logs:2,263,490
Datadog
Users:78
Logs Generated:
Thursday (Aug 8):~1.63M
Friday (Aug 9):~15.03M
Saturday (Aug 10):~7.78M
Multi-Juicer
Teams Created:101 instances
Technical Infrastructure

Graylog Setup

  • • 4 Pod Stateful Set hosted in Kubernetes
  • • Connected to Okta SSO
  • • High-performance log processing

Multi-Juicer Setup

  • • 30 Nodes (m5.xlarge) on Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
  • • 10 Juice Balancers (Load Balancers)
  • • Supports up to 300 instances with 30 nodes
Competition Highlights

Record Participation

DEF CON 32 saw unprecedented participation with 262 registered users and 140 teams, demonstrating the growing interest in cybersecurity competitions.

Team Success Patterns
4-person teams dominated the top rankings, with 6 out of the Top 10 teams being 4-person teams, highlighting the importance of collaboration.

Platform Diversity

The competition utilized multiple platforms to provide diverse learning experiences and accommodate different skill sets.

Multi-Platform Approach
CTFd, Graylog, Datadog, and Multi-Juicer
Scalable Infrastructure
Kubernetes-based deployment for reliability
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