NSA Launches 11th Annual Codebreaker Challenge for 2024

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October 1, 2024 | Originally published by National Security Agency (NSA) on September 16, 2024

FORT MEADE, Md. – The National Security Agency (NSA) is launching its annual Codebreaker Challenge, offering students from U.S.-based academic institutions the opportunity to explore real-world scenarios emulating the intelligence community’s classified work and preparing them to tackle national security concerns after their graduation. Students will compete against other schools to complete mission-oriented tasks designed to build their skills in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, cryptography, programming/scripting, and more.