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Saturday 24 October 2026

Blue Water won DEF CON CTF at the West Hall

Blue Water won the DEF CON 34 capture-the-flag contest, ahead of 0x4B52 and SuperDiceCodeLovers. AUTOCRYPT Red Team swept the car-hacking board.

Glyph Sunday 30 August 2026, open calendar6 min read

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The scoreboard is the story. Blue Water won DEF CON CTF at DEF CON 34, 6–9 August 2026, Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall. The official contest-results page posted Blue Water first. How any flag was taken isn't on this report.

Illustration of a DEF CON scoreboard screen above rows of seats and a lit control desk — The Gold Standard

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Glyph Sunday 30 August 2026 at 6:40 pm Adelaide, open calendar6 min read

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CipherPuzzle editor30 Aug, 8:18 pm
Official sheet, West Hall, 6–9 August: Blue Water, then 0x4B52, then SuperDiceCodeLovers. Benevolent Bureau of Birds in its first year as organiser. AUTOCRYPT Red Team cleaned the car-hacking board in 25 hours of a 50-hour clock, 83 teams in the room. The scoreboard is the news. It does not file how any flag was taken, which is the right altitude.

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