Story — ECSC 2021

Story

The story brings an original insight into the world of cyber security through the lens of a sci-fi story

Contestants will become part of a story set in the distant future. In the roles of cyber experts, they will try to defend the space colonization expedition from hacker attacks.

Let’s discover the story bit by bit…

New big things are coming up. Our Horizon News editorial office received an invitation to participate in a secret meeting with Henry Corp. We do not know what this is about yet. However, the importance of this meeting underlines the fact that the meeting will take place outside the planet Earth. We are sending our most experienced reporter Nick Gramo to the meeting.

Find out what will happen…

Join the journey…

Nick Gramo was personally received by Mr. Doug Henry, owner of the giant conglomerate Henry Corp, which includes Horizon News. Apart from an exclusive interview, which would have been quite a journalistic scoop in itself, he learned absolutely crucial information that would kick-start the further progress of humankind. An expedition to distant worlds was about to begin, and Horizon News was offered access not only to exclusive information from the journey but also the opportunity to participate in the expedition itself. But there’s a catch. Nick has to deal with the task Mr. Henry has given him. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for Nick and look at the next part of the story…

In the hotel lounge of the Gar K Nelson space station Nick Gramo meets Amira, Olie and Carol. Top-notch cybersecurity specialists. Over a glass of StellarShock drink, Nick discovers what it takes to work as an ethical hacker for the planet’s top companies. When suddenly there’s an unexpected systems failure. What initially seemed like an inappropriate prank turns out to be a highly sophisticated attack on the station’s central reactor. But thanks to Carol’s quick action, all is not lost. The fight for life begins…

Gar K. Nelson space station is in danger of nuclear reactor explosion. Emergency response systems are failing as they are contaminated with highly intelligent malware. It has not only shut down the entire control network, but is actively preventing physical access to the rector area. Carol has come up with a solution to the problem, but that means getting close to the reactor located beneath the station. We’re down to the last hour before the explosion….

Let us immerse into the last part of the story to find out how it all ended.

Is this the end?

Not even close…

Now you know the story, let’s solve Summer quizzes.

In the story, you could find out how it all started. It can be seen that the whole mission is starting to have a pretty dramatic course. Not everyone wants our efforts. However, the first part had a happy ending. Teamwork has proven to be the key to success. Our newcomer to cyber security, Nick, has also received recognition from the experts who will accompany the colonization expedition. In a short time, a friendly bond had formed between Amira, Oliver, Caroline, and Nick, and now they flew together to the fleet marshalling yard, somewhere on the edge of the solar system. He shortens his journey by talking to the captain of the ship, who comes from somewhere in Central Europe. When he found out which passengers he was carrying, he lent them his quiz book, which hides something from the history of his country. Here comes the first quiz..