National Missing Persons Hackathon 2020

‘Cyber Trace a Missing Face’

What is the National Missing Persons Hackathon?

For a second year running, AustCyber has partnered with the Australian Federal Police’s National Missing Persons Coordination Centre, and Canadian-based not-for-profit Trace Labs, to convene a missing persons capture the flag (CTF) event during Australian Cyber Week.

Participants in teams of up to four or as individuals, will set about to discover information publicly available on the internet (also known as open source intelligence or OSINT), with the goal of aiding relevant State and Territory police in their investigations for the missing persons cases provided for the event.

The event has been modelled against successful Global Search Party CTFs run by not-for-profit organisation Trace Labs in partnership with various security conferences, universities, and community organisations within the USA, Canada, UK, and Australia.

If you see yourself as an ‘online investigator’, 'cyber hacker' or a 'cyber sleuth', then this is the event for YOU!

Important Information For Participants

• *Participation is for Australian citizens, residents and international students residing in Australia only*
• Prizes and swag packs will only be shipped inside Australia and made available to Australian citizens/residents.
• Due to the current health pandemic, this is a virtual event.
• In-person locations may be made available and communicated closer to the date.
• Review the information on the National Missing Persons website on how to prepare for the event
• Due to the nature of the internet, you will need to be 18 years or over to agree to terms and conditions in place for participation

Instructions On Team Registration

Note: Each team member must procure their own ticket.

1. Visit https://nmp2020.tracelabs.org/register

2. Enter in your full Eventbrite order number found on your ticket in the text box (Eg. 982036635)

3. Enter a valid e-mail address, username, and password that meets the requirements shown on screen

4. Once you have successfully created your account, you will be able to log in to https://nmp2020.tracelabs.org with the e-mail address and password you set in step 3

5. When logging in for the first time, you will have the option to create a new team, or join an existing team

6. Create a Team - When creating a team you will choose a Team Name, and then be provided with a "Team Code" on the top left of your screen that you can give out to up to 3 additional team members

7. Join a Team - When joining an existing team, you will need to enter in the "Team Code" provided to you by an existing member of that team

8. Looking for a Team? Join the Trace Labs Slack here and head on over to the #national-aust-2020 channel to find other team mates!

Further Information

Further information and resources on the event are available at the National Missing Persons Hackathon website (www.missingpersonshackathon.com.au)

Questions

If you have any technical questions on the CTF, please reach out to info@tracelabs.org

If you have any questions in relation to the event, please reach out to us through the website contact form after you have reviewed the FAQs.