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Cyber Apocalypse 2022 event recap: Reliving the epic intergalactic chase
Find out what happened when 12,879 heroic hackers joined the intergalactic mission to defeat the evil Draeger.
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Jan 16
2022
Table of Contents
- The storyline
- Epic hacking content (60 challenges - 7 categories - infinite coolness!)
- Rising to the top
- A cert for being awesome was also involved…
- Hacking for a good cause
- Live hacking workshops
- What the community has to say!
- Cyber Apocalypse 2022 Track (relive the intergalactic chase!)
- Cyber Apocalypse 2022 Swag
- Till next year…
Keeping the galaxy safe has never been an easy task, but hackers are always up for a challenge. They came to the rescue once again!
We are talking, of course, about the biggest Capture The Flag (CTF) hacking competition of the year: Cyber Apocalypse 2022: intergalactic chase.
After the smashing success of its 2021 debut, the hacking community's favorite CTF event is back (with the help of SIEMENS, Sonarsource, and Snyk).
Heroic hackers from 181 different countries and of different backgrounds and skill levels assembled to defend the galaxy from the evil Draeger. From the 14th-20th of May, 12,879 players (surpassing last year’s record by 30%!) and 7,024 teams joined the six-day intergalactic chase of a lifetime.
The storyline
In a galaxy far, far away…
Draeger - Thanatos - Villain
The planet Thoccarth was once a place of wondrous experimentation and vibrant, colorful life. That was until continuous political turmoil and endless games of power led to a nuclear civil war that turned the planet into a radioactive wasteland.
A parasitic species of Mutants landed on the planet through a meteorite and managed to survive and thrive on the decimated land. In a war-torn world of savages, little to none is known about how Draeger came to power and united many of the nomadic tribes of The Glowing Sea.
After being proclaimed the universal ruler of the Mutants, he led the defense of his home planet in the energy crisis war.
His attack on the militarized planet Vinyr failed and he was taken into custody, but not before kidnapping and eventually killing the family of lead investigator Miyuki.
Draeger was imprisoned for crimes against sentient life, but he managed to escape the maximum-security black hole and migrated to another galaxy, searching for an army to lead.
Draeger again rose into power with false promises of providing boundless riches and resources by influencing and manipulating Longhir's planet's council. Having direct access to the planet's vault, he eventually bought the Golden Fang mercenary army, which he plans to overtake the cluster with.
Few are the people who would be able to stop him; an unlikely group of misfits, with unique hacking superpowers and a reason to want Draeger behind bars once and for all.
Meet the heroes
