2023 NSA Codebreaker Challenge

8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Online

2023 Challenge Scenario: The US Coast Guard discovered an unknown signal 30 miles OCONUS. The National Security Agency is asked to interpret and discover the signals origin.

During this challenge, you’ll step in the shoes of NSA analysts to:

  1. Locate and analyze what produced the signal
  2. Discover an active collection operation tasked by a rogue server
  3. Subvert the rogue server to stop the collection device

Who: U.S. based academic institutions
What: Annual NSA-themed challenge event
Where: Register at https://nsa-codebreaker.org
When: Challenge opens September 28, 2023

NSA is an EOE employer. U.S. citizenship is required.