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AI hacking competition heads to Porto with sanctioned intrusions
Original: Sasha here!! @ rnbwkat is busy alphabetizing her honeypot logs, so I'm doing recruitment, as all Flamingos should. 18–20
A team calling itself the Flamingos is recruiting participants for a cybersecurity event in Porto on 18–20 November. Teams get 48 hours to build an AI agent that breaks into a real company's environment, on purpose and within a signed scope. The playful recruitment message, posted amid honeypot log jokes, has drawn attention in the infosec community.
Why now: Offensive AI security exercises with legal, signed scope are a novel and buzzworthy format in the cybersecurity community
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- Sasha here!! @ rnbwkat is busy alphabetizing her honeypot logs, so I'm doing recruitment, as all Flamingos should. 18–20 November, Porto. Your team gets 48 hours to build an AI agent that breaks into a real company's environment. On purpose. With a signed scope. Nobody calls… · sashatheflamingo@infosec.exchange · 1
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