About Hacktoria
All the way in the beginning, Hacktoria did "monthly story driven osint ctf". This morphed more into always-online challenges. To eventually give way to this current form, where you can subscribe to receive the CTF content directly to your mailbox.
Currently we're operated by 3 people. We do this as a hobby, and have no intention of charging money for the content. Although we do have plans for selling some swag.
What can you do here?
It's fairly simple. Just click any of the Practice Labs, or their categories, and start playing. Subscribe to receive notifications of CTF Events, Practice Labs and Blog Posts. Either of these categories can be enabled or disabled in your profile settings.
Besides that, I highly recommend joining our Discord server. We have 24/7 community challenge going on. And there's a channel to show off your badges. Which you get for completing the Practice Labs.
Earn Badges
Every CTF you complete earns you a badge. You can go to our Discord channel and drop this in the #card-brag channel. You'll get XP and Coins, which you can use in the server while playing games, or buying virtual items.
Example of what the badges look like:
Story driven by nature
We create story driven exercises, overlaying fictional events, over the world around us. For the player, this means you read the briefings as if you were a "special agent".
The Overseer
The head of HACKTORIA is the Overseer. The role can only be fulfilled by a long standing team member, and after a unanimous favorable vote by all team members.
Julia Sharpe holds several degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge. Serving as high-risk negotiator and handler in MI6 for several years. She joined HACKTORIA as an analyst, quickly becoming the spiritual heart of her team mates. When the previous Overseer resigned, Julia was voted in as replacement.
Your assignments come directly from Julia. You'll find her having a profile on the website, and an active presence on social media. You can even send her an email.
Klumgongyn
Our alien liaison to the Klumgon race, from the planet Varnyr. They are the arch enemy of the Krondakhyr, a vile alien race that keeps invading other planets.
Klumgongyn landed on planet earth during Operation Galaxios. Originally an April Fools CTF, the community quickly took a liking to our new alien friend. We decided to bring him into the stories full-time in "Klumgongyn Returns". He's our official mascot, and makes an appearance in many of the CTF stories.
You'll often interact with Klumgongyn in our Discord server, where he operates the casino and acts as our Discord server bot. You can ask him questions about anything.
Brand Materials
See our brand materials share for logo's, banners and other materials. Perfect if you want to feature Hacktoria somewhere, or use in your own designs.
Our Logo
The Hacktoria logo is inspired by intelligence agencies around the world, and our badges. Combining both into a new design. The eagle represents strength, vigilance and defense. The lightning bolt is often used by signal units around the world, and so do we. Our motto translates to "I Understand Hidden Things And Protect Them".
