Dubai: Young ethical hackers bagged Dh20,000 in prize money on Sunday during the third Cyber Security Conference organised by du.
Othman Sultan, CEO of du, lauded Khalifa University students Mohammad Abdullah Al Zubaidi, Nasser Ali Alwan, Mattar Rashid Al Salman, Ali Fareed Al Darwish and Sultan Mobeen Abu Ghazal on successfully winning the du Cyber Security Hackathon on Sunday.
Students of Heriot-Watt University came second and in third place was Rochester Institute of Technology.
The hackathon aimed to encourage young technophiles to become a part of the Cyber Security agenda.
Some 10 teams of students were challenged to demonstrate the variety of ways in which technology could be used in a smart city model and how these technologies could be secured from cyber attacks.
