16-year-old Japanese rises above crowd in hacking event
A team of hackers led by a 16-year-old high school student is gaining attention as a favorite to win a nationwide computer hacking contest for students that started Saturday in Tokyo.
In the Security Contest Capture The Flag competition (SECCON CTF), 10 teams compete against each other to break into a server by discovering and exploiting its weaknesses.
The team mainly comprises members of the Nada Personal Computer Users' Association, a club at Nada Middle School and Nada High School. The schools, both located in Kobe, are viewed as among the most prestigious private schools in the nation. The team's average age is 15.8, making it the youngest group.
