Easy Contracts
How to Play
Contracts are clandestine espionage assignments for SERPENT. You don’t need to register, simply download the starting materials and have fun.You get a unique badge for completing each CTF Challenge.The ingredients show you what to expect for each CTF. If you want, show off your badge in Discord and receive XP and Coins.
Ingredients
🌎 – Geolocation
🔎 – Forensics
🥸 – People
🧩 – Logic
💾 – Data
🌐 – Web
Cold War Enemies
Stop an international arms smuggling network ran by our old friend, Maksim Kotova, by locating a military airfield.
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Nightmare Fuel
Investigate disturbing bodycam footage and figure out what happened in this nightmare inducing story. Horror themed CTF.
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Naval Intrusion
An enemy vessel has entered allied water, it's your task to identify the vessel and make sure our allies can take kinetic action.
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Friendly Fire
An unknown tank has been spotted and we need you to figure out what type this is. Identify the tank in the picture.
🌐🔎
Alien Abduction
Find out where and when this abduction took place, you don't have much to work with, so it will surely test your skills.
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The Spy Who Vanished
Track down former MI5 operative who now appears briefly on social media before vanishing into the shadows.
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The Sleeper Cell
Decode encrypted instructions sent from extremist group leaders to sleeper cells to prevent planned terror attacks.
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Chasing Bigfoot
Investigate the truth behind Sasquatch beings that evolved alongside early humans, as revealed by alien contact.
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Lost At Sea
Decrypt a surveillance ship's final distress beacon data to uncover how and where it sank in the Black Sea.
💾🔎🧩
Dialogues From Atlantis
Decipher an ancient dialogue about Atlantis between classical philosophers to help a Monaco art collector validate theories.
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Gas Attack
Identify a target city from surveillance images to prevent a terrorist group's planned nerve gas attack.
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Where’s klumgongyn
Locate a rogue alien overseer's vacation spot using geolocation data from their taunting photo to retrieve them.
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Emergency Transmission
Decode an encrypted emergency transmission from a downed Klumgon pilot to determine the crash location in Ecuador.
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Intergalactic Warfare
Locate a crashed alien scout ship and its dangerous occupants by decoding intercepted coordinates.
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Kidnapped
Decode a cipher sent by kidnappers to locate a diplomat's daughter before the 24-hour deadline expires.
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The Killer Clown
Geolocate a buried victim's location from a killer clown's photo within their remaining oxygen supply.
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Rogue Agent
Hunt down a rogue CIA operative who disappeared in 2021 and now runs a Russian electronics smuggling operation.
🌎💾🔎
On The Wire
Analyze intercepted network traffic from a Malaysian politician's office to expose their involvement.
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Prisoner Of War
Geolocate a captured French soldier's prison from a photo delivered by an escaped child hostage.
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The Latvian Connection
Locate an active terrorist safe-house from data found on a captured operative's USB drive.
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Operation Wiretap
Analyze intercepted internet traffic from a surveillance operation to uncover details about an upcoming conference.
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MEDIUM Contracts
How to Play
Contracts are clandestine espionage assignments for SERPENT. You don’t need to register, simply download the starting materials and have fun.You get a unique badge for completing each CTF Challenge.The ingredients show you what to expect for each CTF. If you want, show off your badge in Discord and receive XP and Coins.
Ingredients
🌎 – Geolocation
🔎 – Forensics
🥸 – People
🧩 – Logic
💾 – Data
🌐 – Web
Line of Control
Translate Pakistani military documents and find the locations of imminent attacks on Indian Airforce bases.
🌎💾🌐
The Listeners
Locate a coastal European meeting spot where business rivals plan to conspire against a French client.
🌎
The Russian Blackmailer
Help a friend of James identify and locate a Russian blackmailer who's threatening to release a damning video.
🌎🥸🧩🌐
The Raid
Analyze a damaged file recovered from a wiped laptop during an FBI raid on a cybercrime operation to uncover evidence.
🔎💾
Last Flight
Find the last known location of a plane and the country where an ECCM device was installed, using a photo of the aircraft.
🌎🌐
Road To Nowhere
Pinpoint a terrorist organization's hidden safehouse location from map data found in their captured Dropbox files.
🌎💾
The Butcher
Decrypt a serial killer's laptop files using mysterious hex data to reveal locations of potential new victims in Berlin.
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The Cartel Connection
Find a kidnapped Colombian agent's location from a distress photo before a drug cartel can execute them.
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Return Of The Krohndahkyr
Translate an ancient Sardinian text to understand why peaceful Krohndahkyr aliens turned hostile toward early human settlers.
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Bloodhound
Track a fugitive's location using photos automatically uploaded from a hidden camera after GPS tracking was jammed.
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Far Away Outpost
Track Kenyan poachers using humanitarian and construction work as cover for their illegal wildlife smuggling operations.
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Kanonniers
Locate an old cannon used by The Golden Creed operatives for covert message exchanges in their analog intelligence network.
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PeePeeKun
Solve a rival intelligence group's intricate training challenges while racing to outperform other agencies in a competitive exercise.
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Klumgongyn Returns
Translate ancient Volrac text to uncover philosophical secrets from our alien collaborator Klumgongyn.
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Lost in Time
Decipher an alien language inscription from 1762 to locate stranded extraterrestrial survivors using a discovered photograph.
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Hard Contracts
How to Play
Contracts are clandestine espionage assignments for SERPENT. You don’t need to register, simply download the starting materials and have fun.You get a unique badge for completing each CTF Challenge.The ingredients show you what to expect for each CTF. If you want, show off your badge in Discord and receive XP and Coins.
Ingredients
🌎 – Geolocation
🔎 – Forensics
🥸 – People
🧩 – Logic
💾 – Data
🌐 – Web
Florida Snow
Locate a cartel's drug shipment drop point from coded runner instructions intercepted by DEA informant.
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Substation Bombing
Locate and identify the substation targeted by a Russian drone strike on Ukrainian critical power infrastructure.
🌐🌎💾
Appalachian Aliens
Decipher the mysterious audio file that sets USB drives on fire and sends grown men insane with strange signals.
🔎🧩🌐
The Road to Rome
Track down an ancient Roman artifact containing bloodline DNA to eliminate a centuries-old crime family targeting SERPENT.
🌎🧩🌐
The Midnight Slayer
Track down a serial killer terrorizing Baltimore who mutilates victims and sparks citywide panic through media leaks.
🧩🌎🥸💾
Lost Down Under
Decode seven cryptic images and text intercepted from domestic terrorists planning attacks across Australia.
💾🌎🧩
A Strange File
Analyze encrypted data from seized terrorist computers to uncover covert meeting locations for Omani authorities.
💾🌎🔎
Message From Hell
Translate inscriptions from a cursed Brazilian tablet that drove its research team insane.
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The Copycat Killer
Analyze a copycat killer's browser history from seized laptop data to prevent further serial murders.
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Universe
SERPENT
You are part of a clandestine espionage group called “SERPENT: Special Espionage, Reconnaissance, Protection, Enforcement, and Neutralization Taskforce”. A group of carefully selected individuals, tasked with maintaining the delicate balance on our blue planet.You work diligently to keep the world safe from a wide variety of threats.You have access to alien technology and time travel, working closely together with your alien liaison “Klumgongyn”, a delegate from the planet Varnyr. SERPENT takes on assignments that require the highest levels of confidentiality. Keeping the historic timeline of our planet in check, preventing alien invasions and eliminating anomalies.
Being founded in the aftermath of WWII, right after the use of nuclear weapons, at the onset of the cold war and mostly triggered by first contact with aliens in 1947. SERPENT was created as a clandestine espionage group, operating on the outskirts and limits of international laws.Over the years, SERPENT moved to being a commercial enterprise. With nations not wanting to burn their hands on certain matters, the rise in popularity of Private Military Corporations was unavoidable. Being founded with good intent, the Overseer of SERPENT keeps that pedigree of honesty, fairness and lawful order at the forefront.No assignments for evil causes are accepted, earning SERPENT a name for being the right hand of justice, whenever justice needs doing in places where the good are not always welcome.
Structure and Operations
SERPENT maintains a small footprint, operating out of a highly modified Bombardier Global 8000 named “Shadow Wing”. This isn't just a luxury jet; it's a mobile command center, a flying fortress, and a discreet platform for global intervention.The Global 8000's expansive cabin has been radically reconfigured. The forward section houses the BTRU's armory and quick-deployment zone. Secure lockers line the walls, containing specialized weaponry, tactical gear, and rapid-response drones. A reinforced door allows for swift deployment via parachute.Mid-cabin transforms into the analysts' war room. A holographic command table dominates the space, displaying real-time data feeds, satellite imagery, and intercepted communications. Individual workstations, equipped with advanced OSINT tools and secure communication arrays, line the walls. Here, the analysts work on piecing together intricate webs of information, monitoring threat levels, and coordinating field operations.The rear section is dedicated to the Overseer's private office and the pilot's quarters, both soundproofed and shielded against electronic eavesdropping. The Overseer's office serves as a strategic command center, where decisions are made and missions are planned. The pilot's area is not merely a place for rest, but also contains redundant communication systems and flight controls.
SERPENT's Bombardier Global 8000 "Shadow Wing" on a runway.
Overseer
The head of SERPENT is the Overseer, a role reserved for someone who has earned respect. The role can only be fulfilled by a long standing team member, and after a unanimous favorable vote by all team members. Trustworthiness, integrity and a moral compass come before pure skill.
Julia Sharpe
🇬🇧 Overseer and Mission Coordination
Julia Sharpe holds several degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge. Serving as high-risk negotiator and handler in MI6 for several years. She joined SERPENT as an analyst, quickly becoming the spiritual heart of her team mates. When the previous Overseer resigned due to health complications, Julia was voted in as replacement.
ASIC
The ASIC (All Source Intelligence Cell), provides all intelligence services needed by SERPENT. With a wide range of specialists, this is the beating heart of intelligence operations. Members of the ASIC are the most qualified in their respective fields, yielding from the most prestigious agencies.
Special Agent K
🌍 Open Source Intelligence and Forensics
You, the player character, the star of the whole operation. Special Agent K, an expert in the field of Open Source Intelligence and Forensics. Coming from a long background of clandestine operations and with a strong sense of right and wrong, your unmatched intelligence gathering skills are vital.
Isabella Moreno
🇲🇽 Historian and Cultural Expert
Isabella Moreno is a historian and intelligence specialist from Mexico City and a key member of SERPENT's intelligence efforts. Driven by a passion for history and justice after losing her parents to cartel related violence, Isabella joined the military as an intelligence officer before being recruited during a joint exercise.
Dimitri Zechev
🇧🇬 Red Team and tech support
Dimitri Zechev is a Bulgarian prodigy hacker and the technological mastermind of all the Red Team operations in SERPENT. Teaching himself programming at age 7, Dimitri became a local legend for exposing corruption within his countries' tumultuous government.
Mei Huang
🇨🇳 Psychology, Linguistics and interrogations
Mei Huang, born and raised in Shenzhen China. She's a brilliant psychologist and expert in criminal behavior, she's also fluent in 12 languages. A Cambridge graduate and former MI6 analyst, she was recruited into SERPENT for her unmatched ability to profile targets and analyze psychological weaknesses.
Field Operations
They like their missions shaken, but not stirred. Impeccably dressed, intelligent and sometimes a little too confident. These Field Operatives often deploy well before boots hit the ground, providing that extra human touch on location when needed.
Fox Meyer
🇺🇸 Extraterrestrial Liaison and Field Operative
Growing up with a fascination for aliens and outer space, Fox joined the TFBI right after college. Eventually spearheading their Y-Files program, where he came into direct contact with aliens. This made him the perfect fit to be the liaison officer with Klumgongyn and the Volracs aliens race.
James Brown
🇬🇧 Espionage and International Crime Expert
Beginning his career at MI6, James became a legend in the intelligence community for his cunning espionage abilities. Infiltrating various criminal enterprises and taking them down became second nature. He's familiar with Julia Sharpe, who recruited James after she became Overseer.
Cassandra Laurent
🇫🇷 Diplomatic Relations and Political Expert
Cassandra started her career in the French military as an intelligence officer, after resigning she pursued a career in politics, eventually moving to Brussels. It was this combination of career choices that made her an excellent choice for SERPENT. Bringing valuable contacts, insights and negotiation skills.
B.T.R.U.
The BTRU (Borderless Tactical Response Unit) is responsible for all tactical deployments. This elite unit can reach far outside the confines of the airplane. Their primary task is extraction of HVT's and hostage rescue situations. SERPENT is not a hit squad. However, firefights do happen on occasion.
Gabriel Adams
🇺🇸 BTRU Team Leader and Martial Arts Expert
Growing up in project housing in Baltimore, Gabriel managed to shake his past by joining the US Marines and later becoming a Delta Force operator. He was recruited into SERPENT during his second deployment in Afghanistan. Quickly rising through the ranks and becoming the BTRU's team leader.
Mikko Häyhä
🇫🇮 Sniper and Weapons Expert
Growing up on a farm in the east of Finland, Mikko volunteered to become a professional soldier after his conscription period ended. After a long stint with the Finnish Jaegers, and volunteering for several deployments, he was recruited into SERPENT for his excellent marksmanship skills.
Amir Hussaini
🇮🇶 Breacher and Explosives Expert
Amir immigrated to France after growing up in war-torn Iraq. Unable to find meaningful employment, he joined the French Foreign Legion and served with honor for many years. Excelling in close quarters combat, SERPENT took notice during a joint operation and recruited him to the BTRU as a breacher.
Liam Irwin
🇦🇺 Assaulter and Survival Expert
Growing up in the Australian outback, Liam loves the outdoors. After a decade in the Australian SAS, Liam wanted something different. Not ready to sit in an office or give up shooting, he crossed paths with Gabriel at a recruitment drive for veterans in Australia. This opened the door he was searching for and joined SERPENT.
Pilots
The Bombardier Global 8000 isn't going to fly itself, especially given her various modifications and diverse mission set. Not to mention exotic locations and landing sites, the plane requires two experienced pilots. Being capable of much more than just flying, these two make themselves useful in a variety of situations.
Pablo Iglesias
🇨🇱 Pilot and Mechanical Engineer
Growing up at the base of the Andes mountains in Chile, son to a local crop duster, Pablo was always interested in flying. After enlisting in the Chilean airforce, he found himself operating a variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. It was this combination of skills that got him recruited by SERPENT during a joint rescue operation.
Peter Jansen
🇳🇱 Pilot and First Responder
Serving in the Dutch Coastguard as a helicopter pilot for a decade, Peter switched to fixed wing aircraft and became a commercial airline pilot. Quickly getting bored of the monotonous flights, he one day ran into Pablo in a bar in Panama. Pablo introduced him to Julia and the rest is history.
The Volracs
The Volracs are a highly intelligent and resourceful species originating from the planet Varnyr, a world of stark contrasts where survival favors ingenuity and intellect over sheer and brute strength.With their slender, almost fragile physique, large expressive eyes, and textured, earthen-toned skin, the Volracs are a testament to evolution favoring adaptability and intellect in an often extremely hostile environment. Despite their lack of physical strength, the Volracs built a civilization that thrives on intellect.
Their society places a high value on innovation, emphasizing diplomacy, strategy, and knowledge sharing. From their early days on Varnyr, their survival depended on leveraging the natural resources of their planet, such as bioluminescent plants for energy and naturally occurring electromagnetic fields for power.
Klumgongyn
🪐 Earth bound Alien contact point
Klumgongyn, an alien from the planet Varnyr, serves as the liaison for the Volracs within SERPENT, though not onboard the Shadow Wing. Rescued during Operation Galaxios, Klumgongyn decided to stay to improve collaboration with humans. He's close friends with Fox, who he met while working in Area 51 with the TFBI.
Community
Discord
We’re a bunch of friendly nerds, trying to learn and grow together while having fun. Our Discord server is loaded with extra challenges and all sorts of other fun stuff to participate in.Here’s some of the stuff you can do in our cozy little Discord Community:- Play 24/7 OSINT Challenges
- Play Monthly CTF Events
- Interact with Klumgongyn
- Interact with James Bond
- Interact with Team Members
- Join our CTF Team
CTF Team
Are you ready to take on some of the most exciting and challenging OSINT CTF events around the world? Do you like being part of a team?Our CTF team is constantly looking for passionate and curious individuals to join us in pushing boundaries and solving complex problem together as a team.Our team is a global network of people from diverse backgrounds. What brings us together is our collective passion for OSINT, hacking, problem-solving, and continuous learning.Visit our CTF Team Website.
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Discord Store
Anything a Special Agent Needs
Spend the Hacktoria Coins you earn in our Discord server on some cool stuff. Buy vehicles, homes and gadgets. Level up as a Special Agent and acquire all the tools needed for your next assignment.
Gadgets
Go-go-gadget whatever you want. Every Special Agent needs a wide array of gadgets for each mission. You never know what the world throws at you, who needs pulverizing or to simply fly over traffic.
Satellite
Tired of paying for commercial services? Launch your own spy satellite into orbit. Get crystal clear images of anything.
800,000 HC
Brain Link
Don't you just hate studying for yours on end? With the brain link, you can upload knowledge directly to your brain.
570,000 HC
Helper Robot
The ideal robot to take care of your hideout while you’re gone, or to hand you a cold beer while watching a movie.
450,000 HC
Chameleon Suit
Highly advanced experimental fabric and sensors, enable the suit to mimic its environment. Making you almost invisible.
310,000 HC
Exo Suit
Don’t want to hit the gym? No problem, just put on this inconspicuous exo-suit and crush your enemies.
280,000 HC
Spy Fly
Ever wanted to be a fly on the wall? Too bad, best we can do is a tiny robotic fly with a camera and various sensors.
210,000 HC
Memory Wiper
Set the dial and aim the light at someones face, make sure to close your own eyes before pressing the wipe button.
180,000 HC
AR Headset
See through walls, check heat signals and much more. This headset puts the BETA Quest 3 to absolute shame.
160,000 HC
Tough Laptop
Active Wi-Fi, NFC and much more, two weeks of battery time, strong enough to be thrown from the sky out of an airplane.
120,000 HC
Card Cloner
Make an instant copy of any wireless card, device or signal on the planet within seconds. Break in anywhere with ease.
90,000 HC
Truth Serum
Just a few drops in someones food or drink will have them spilling the beans in no time. Don't mix with strong alcohol.
70,000 HC
Future Spice
One drop on your target and another on yourself, and your target will be hopelessly attracted to you forever.
70,000 HC
FPV Drone
Spy on people from the sky? Drop grenades or even shoot people from a distance? Get yourself a nice drone.
50,000 HC
Smart Watch
Custom watch made for SERPENT operatives. Comes with all sorts of spy options, also tells time for some odd reason.
40,000 HC
Lock-pick Set
Dealing with a locked door? No problem with this deluxe classic lock-pick set, comes with a beautiful leather case.
30,000 HC
Rubber Duck
Handle with care, this little cutie will explode when squeezed. Perfect to trick unsuspecting and dumb enemies.
20,000 HC
Vehicles
Walking is for peasants. A true Special Agent arrives in style. Not out of breath and sweaty. After all, you like it shaken, not stirred. Choose from a wide variety of vehicles and arrive anywhere in the world in style.
Private Jet
As a true special agent, you don’t have time to wait in line anywhere. You’re too busy joining the mile high club.
700,000 HC
Yacht
Don’t like the flying? How about a little boat trip to Monaco, visit the casino in style and become a true pirate of the seas?
650,000 HC
Submarine
It’s not yellow, but it will get the job done. Sneak up on enemy vessels and blow them up with your automatic torpedoes.
420,000 HC
Helicopter
Get to da choppah! Now! This classic rotary wing aircraft will have you flying over traffic jams in no time.
350,000 HC
Speedboat
Those pesky central American cartels getting away? Not anymore! Run them down in this classic speedboat.
250,000 HC
Sportscar
Speed camera’s are just selfie devices on the road in one these bad boys. Blinkers and signals don't matter in this car.
200,000 HC
4×4 Offroad
Roads are for the peasants, arrive anywhere in style and muddy, rove the land like you’re British royalty going on a fox hunt.
120,000 HC
Pickup Truck
You can mend it with a hammer and drinking is mandatory while driving one of these. Cowboy hat is not optional.
80,000 HC
Jetpack
Does it seem cheap? Well, it’s experimental tech. Your insurance company won’t touch this with a ten foot pole.
65,000 HC
Motorcycle
Do you drink whiskey and smoke cigars? Is shaving for little boys? Are you over 45 years old and like loud noises?
30,000 HC
Moped
Need to zip through classic European cities in Italian style? Look no further than this cute little gas guzzler.
15,000 HC
Bicycle
Sometimes you want to paddle off those burger calories you ate in a drive-through with your shiny pickup truck.
1,200 HC
Safe-houses
Do you know what's the problem with regular houses? They’re not safe, surrounded by normies and they just don’t come with the amenities a Special Agent requires. Don't be alarmed by the housing prices.
Private Island
Away from the prying eyes of the public, enjoy some peace and quiet on your own island, comes with a boat.
950,000 HC
Classic Mansion
Rustic and spacious mansion in the countryside. Complete with outdoor pool and a very spacious garden and aviary.
780,000 HC
Modern Mansion
Luxurious and spacious mansion with swimming pool, sun deck, double garage and underground bar stocked for the apocalypse.
700,000 HC
Doomsday bunker
State of the art facility, straight out of a science fiction movie. You can live here indefinitely with it's various amenities.
600,000 HC
Chilean Ranch
Ever wanted to raise cattle in the shadows of the Andes mountains? Now you can, nobody will bother you here.
530,000 HC
Modern apartment
Spacious apartment at walking distance from the beach and a casino. Ideal bachelor pad for young Special Agents.
320,000 HC
Beach Bungalow
Beautiful bungalow on top of the dunes, overlooking the beach and ocean. Supreme living next to ocean with perfect waves.
270,000 HC
Houseboat
Live anywhere you can move your boat to. A beautiful old Dutch cargo barge, converted to a super cozy houseboat.
230,000 HC
Vacation home
Your home away from home, or perhaps permanent home? Enjoy the quiet life in a small and idyllic Spanish village.
140,000 HC
Remote Cabin
Hidden in the Finnish woods, nobody will find you here. And even if they do, they won’t say anything anyway.
100,000 HC
Commieblock
Charming grey concrete box somewhere in eastern Europe. Looks nicer in summer, stay away from the balcony.
60,000 HC
Crackden
Nobody will suspect you live here, just keep away from windows and get a safe for your most precious valuable belongings.
50,000 HC
Information
Our History
We flip-flopped the fuck around quite a bit actually. Starting at the end of 2022, Frank had the idea to combine his background in fiction and publishing, with his IT career and interest in OSINT. This gave birth to Hacktoria. Originally dubbed a “Monthly Story Driven OSINT CTF”.Over the last few years we tried a lot of things, from becoming a platform to a business. In the end, it all felt off and weird. So here we are, back to our OSINT roots, making story driven challenges.
Our Mission
We believe information should be freely available and everyone should have the opportunity to learn. With an increasingly closed internet, we want to provide an alternative. A place where you don't need a user login and to accept a hundred trackers to enjoy our content.It's our goal to make learning interactive, fun and engaging. Wrapping lessons in a fictional universe that immerses the player in a new world. Become an online spy while learning valuable real skills.
The Team
Our team consists up of these dodgy malakas, coming up with cool stories and amazing CTF’s. It’s basically a Rick and Morty episode without corporate oversight. You can say hi to them in our Discord server.Besides Frank, Joaquin and Joseph, we have a variety of moderators and other volunteers who regularly help out and even create content.
Frank Diepmaat
Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Frank. Back in 2022 I had the desire to combine my love for tech, gaming and storytelling into a new project. After many domain registrations and brainstorming sessions, I landed on a concept that would bring these together.Hacktoria is first and foremost a creative project, a way to learn and engage with OSINT in a fun way. Often times, it's a heavy subject, with war and criminals. I want Hacktoria to provide a way of engaging with OSINT that is educational, keeps it fun, yet still teaches vital skills.
Joaquin Iglesias
Hey nice to meet you, I'm Joaquin! Long time serial founder of organizations like PWNverse. I have a background in CyberSecurity and Engineering. Currently I work full-time as the Senior Content Engineer for Hack the Box.I met Frank one week after the launch of Hacktoria on Instagram, we became friends and ended up building Hacktoria together ever since. You can find me on LinkedIn and in Discord, probably extremely caffeinated and sharing cat pictures.
Joseph Leroux
Hey everyone, I'm Joseph, and I'm the Hacktoria Community Manager. My background is in tech, I've been working as a Telco Technician in a data center. My real passion is the world of IT, I'm always looking for ways to deepen my knowledge in this field. My formal training is in systems and networks, with a strong emphasis on cybersecurity.I have a love for travel. I spent eight amazing years living in China, which was an incredibly enriching experience and gave me the chance to explore many other fascinating countries in Asia.
Downloads
As you might have noticed by now, we quite enjoy creating visual assets for Hacktoria. You'll already get some when downloading a Contract. But we also want to offer more specific artwork like wallpapers.
Character Desktop Wallpapers
A set of 10 desktop wallpapers in 4k, featuring a variety of Hacktoria universe characters with our branded background image.
What is an OSINT CTF?
OSINT CTF (Open Source Intelligence Capture The Flag) challenges are interactive cybersecurity competitions focused on finding information using publicly available sources. Unlike traditional CTFs that emphasize coding and hacking skills, OSINT CTFs test your ability to gather intelligence, analyze data, and connect dots using freely accessible online resources.
We thought harder than a sloth on crack before landing on Story-Driven OSINT CTFs, but damn, we're glad we did. By immersing participants in compelling narratives within our fictional SERPENT organization universe, we've transformed standard intelligence-gathering exercises into something that actually doesn't feel like homework. Each discovery advances both your skills and the storyline, making the learning process feel like less of a grind.The benefits of our approach are pretty clear:* It's way more fun - you're solving mysteries, not completing exercises
* You actually remember what you learn - because it's tied to a story you care about
* Real-world skills transfer - these techniques work in actual OSINT investigations
* Community vibes - our Discord becomes a place where agents compare notesOur story-driven method makes all the difference for a few reasons: narrative elements create emotional investment that sticks with you longer than technical exercises; scenarios mimic actual intelligence operations, giving you practical experience; stories naturally introduce complexity at a pace that won't make your brain explode; and shared narratives foster discussion and teamwork in our Discord community where people actually help each other instead of just flexing.
Contact
We're always open to suggestions, feedback or collaborations. Please don't use this form to pitch us stuff or otherwise send abuse. We always try to respond the same day, but sometimes life gets in the way.