Thursday 25 August 2011

MMU Students Champions in i-Hack Challenge

MMU students won 1st and 3rd place in the i-Hack Competition 2010 held in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) main campus in Shah Alam. The 12-Hours Forensic Challenge - a security hacking challenge was held on 7 and 8 August.

Rezki Albertha, Lim Jun Yi, and Christian Rawis from the Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FIST) emerged as the best group in the 12-Hours Forensic Challenge Competition. Their teamm, MMU-ONE, returned with an RM 4,000.00 cash prize.

The MMU-THREE team which consists of Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) students Martha Wangui Githui, Anthony Kinyanjui, and Sentongo Samuel won third place. They won an RM 2,000.00 cash prize.

The MMU-TWO Team too did not disappoint - achieving fifth ranking among the 15 teams in the competition. MMU-TWO consisted of Tan Jin Fu (FIST), Jason Kuen Wen Yong (FIT), and Tee Kang Nan (FIST).

The biennial event that aims to grow future cyber-security professionals and talents, was organized by UiTM Shah Alam, in collaboration with Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). A 12-Hours Hacking and Defense Competition was the other challenge held at i-Hack 2010.

No comments:

Post a Comment