About

Community

The beating heart of Hacktoria is our fantastic community. 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:

  • Play 24/7 Geolocation Challenges
  • Play 24/7 OSINT Challenges
  • Play 24/7 CyberSecurity Challenges
  • Interact with Klumgongyn
  • Interact with James Bond
  • Join our CTF Team

We know a lot of OSINT, CyberSecurity and Tech Communities can be toxic hell-holes. At Hacktoria, we check that bullshit at the door. People are allowed to ask questions and learn, we all started this journey somewhere, and just because you hacked the NSA, doesn’t mean you get to be an asshole.

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 Capture the Flag”.

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, exactly 3 years later. Right before 2025 we decided to follow our creative roots and throw horror in the mix.

So here we are, back to our OSINT roots and a monthly cycle.

The Team

Our core team is made up of these three dodgy malakas, coming up with weird stories. It’s basically a Rick and Morty episode without corporate oversight. You can say hi to them in our Discord server, or head over to their socials and poke around there.

Frank Diepmaat

Absolute mad-lad with a background in the military, private IT sector and now sales and marketing. Serial founder of several startups. He’s the creative brain behind the original Hacktoria.

Joaquin Iglesias

Background in forensics and tech, serial founder of a million different projects. Joaquin makes CTF’s for all the major platforms and is the creative brain behind almost every CTF on the internet.

Vance Poitier

Vibing on a tropical island, Vance often talks about his pet sharks. ASINT analyst, Hacker and now venturing into data science and machine learning. Vance brings multiple talents to the team.