t2'16: Challenge to be released 2016-09-10 10:00 EEST

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It is that time of the year again.

Unicorns attract competitors, copycats and charlatans. For a VC, the road=
 to losing the principal is paved with poor decisions, bad luck and ultim=
ately betting on the wrong horse. One of the challengers in the unregulat=
ed pay-per-hitchhike app industry, Astley Auto Association, has been tryi=
ng to raise a C round. Its founder and CEO, a controversial character, is=
 claimed to represent the darker side of the booming startup scene. While=
 his fans cheer the sticking-it-to-the-man attitude R. Astley has demonst=
rated to the regulators, there are critics, including many notable ventur=
e capitalists and angel investors, who say the man embodies the lack of i=
ntegrity and honesty.

With circumstances as messy as those of a publicly funded open source pro=
ject, it gets even messier. An unknown actor has compromised the e-mail s=
erver of Astley Auto Association. To prove they have the whole archive, c=
hosen mails from CEO of AAA, R. Astley, and other employees were collecte=
d to a dump.
A disgruntled employee, competitor, VC trying to bring down the valuation=
, angry customer, or a random opportunist - clearly an attribution questi=
on so difficult it can only be solved by world leading threat intelligenc=
e companies.

Luckily we are more interested in a good hacklog and thorough compromise.=
 A properly placed string tells sometimes defenders and investigators mor=
e than thousand words in a compliance report. The mission, should you cho=
ose to accept it, is to analyse the e-mail dump and uncover the clues lef=
t by the unknown actor, which demonstrate the devastating level of contro=
l they have over the environment.

For more information, please refer to https://t2.fi/challenge/t216-challe=
nge/

The Challenge will be released on 2016-09-10 10:00 EEST right here at htt=
ps://t2.fi/

Good luck,

  T

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Tomi 'T' Tuominen | Founder @ t2 infosec conference | https://t2.fi


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