Past Competitions
2025 Cybercrime Investigation Competition
Winning Teams
1st Place
Team USA: ROOT ACCESS
University of Scranton, USA
Leah Schneider
Micheal O’Donnell
James Andres
2nd Place
Team Spain: CTRL+LAW
Universidad de León, Spain
Ander Chueca Rodríguez
Carlos Prieto Viñuela
Nahia Martínez García
3rd Place
Team Argentina: CLICLEX
Laboratorio CLICLEX, Argentina
Jorge Agustin Marisi
Ignacio Rodríguez Salgado
Rafael García Borda
2025 Student Paper Competition
Winners
First Place
“Modus Operandi and Blockchain Analysis of Romance Scams: Cryptocurrency Driven Victimization”
Amy Hyunjeong Lim, Boston University
Second Place
“The Legal Response to the Intrusion into Digital Identity in Social Media”
María González García Viñuela, University of Valladolid, Plaza de la Universidad, Spain
2024 Cybercrime Investigation Competition
Winning Teams
1st Place
Team South Korea: S&HCH
Soyeon Jeong
Chanhwi Lee
Hwichan Choo
2nd Place
Team Hungary: Fifty Shades of Grey hat
Rebeka Tóth
Márió Mile
Zoltán Dienes
3rd Place
Team Korea: Chung-Ang University
Jong Min Lee
Yi Seo Kim
Seong Won Choi
2024 Student Paper Competition
The White Hat Conference Paper Awards were presented to the winning team of each participating institution. Teams, comprised of students and a faculty coach, were judged on original, unpublished papers presented at the 2024 White Hat Conference.
Winners
First Place
“Investigating the Intersection of AI and Cybercrime: Risks, Trends, and Countermeasures”
Sanaika Shetty, Boston University
Second Place
“Cyber Victimization in the Healthcare Industry: Analyzing Offender Motivations and Target Characteristics through Routine Activities Theory (RAT) and Cyber-Routine Activities Theory (Cyber-RAT)”
Yashna Praveen, Boston University
2023 Cybercrime Investigation Competition
Winning Teams
1st Place
Team Hungary: Fifty Shades of Grey hat
Krisztián Patrik Ari,
Rebeka Tóth
Márió Mile
2nd Place
Team Korea: Detective Conan (BOB)
Heejin Koo
Dong-Hyun Kim
Eung-Chang Lee
3rd Place
Team Brazil
Kelsson Alexandrino Schineider
Roberto Buery Silva
Gabriel Velsasco
2023 Student Paper Competition
Teams, comprised of students and a faculty coach, were judged on original, unpublished papers presented at the 2023 White Hat Conference. Congratulations to the winners!
1st Place:
“The Victimization Of Deep Fake In The Metaverse: Building Practical Management Framework”
Julia Stavola
Boston University
2nd Place:
“Harnessing Large Language Models To Simulate Realistic Human Targets For Social Engineering Attacks: A Case Study”
Mohammad Asfour
Juan Carlos Murillo
Cornell Tech, Cornell University
2022 Cybercrime Investigation Competition
Winning Teams
Team Hungary
First Place Winners
Rebeka Tóth, Mario Mile, and Zoltán Dienes
Team U.S.A.
Second Place Winners
Andrew Huertas, Michael Ross, and Shawn Xuyao
Team Brazil
Third Place Winners
Jose Anchieta Nery Neto, Ivo de Carvalho Peixinho, and Jamil Darub Trelles
2022 Student Paper Competition
The White Hat Conference Paper Awards were presented to the winning team of each participating institution. Teams, comprised of students and a faculty coach, were judged on original, unpublished papers presented at the 2022 White Hat Conference.
Winners
First Place
Dynamics of Dark Web Financial Marketplaces: An Exploratory Study of Underground Fraud and Scam Business
Bo Ra Jung, Boston University
Second Place
Kerberoasting: Case Studies of an Attack on a Cryptographic Authentication Technology
D. Demers, Bridgewater State University
2021 Cybercrime Investigation Competition
Winning Team
2021 Student Paper Competition
The Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity Paper Awards were presented to the top three teams (students and a faculty coach) who authored original, unpublished papers for presentations at the 2021 International White Hat Conference.
Winners
Jeeseon Hwang, Seoul University, South Korea
First Place Winner
Sydney L. Gero, University of Scranton, USA
Second Place Winner
Nayong Ko, Kyonggi University, South Korea
Third Place Winner
Yeonjae Park, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Third Place Winner
- Adrián Acosta Argentine Federal Police – INTERPOL
- Dr. Belén Arribas Sánchez President of IFCLA, President of ENATIC
- Horacio Azzolin Federal Prosecutor, Head of UFECI, Argentina
- Jorge Bacaloni President of Alianza Contra la Piratería Audiovisual
- Dr. Sinchul Back Associate Professor at the University of Scranton
- Ing. Leandro Biskupovich Undersecretary of Technology Applied to Security, Ministry of Security and Justice of Mendoza, Argentina.
- Mgter. Rafael García Borda Academic Director of CLICLEX
- Patricia Bullrich Senator at Argentina Congress
- Lou Chitkushev Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Boston University; Co-founder, Boston University Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cybersecurity; Director of Research, The International White Hat Conference
- Dr. Kyung-shick Choi Founder and Executive Director of the White Hat Conference; Director of Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity Programs, Boston University Metropolitan College
- Alfredo Cornejo Governor of the Province of Mendoza
- Sanghee Dobson
- Juan Manuel Olima Espel Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, Argentina
- Mónica Espinosa Garcés Catalonia Cybersecurity Agency
- Gabriela García Cobos Head Prosecutor of the Economic and Cybercrime Unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Mendoza
- Karina Gibert Full Professor, UPC; Dean of COEINF; Director of IDEAI-UPC
- Jonathan L Gottfried International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Attorney Advisor, United States Department of Justice
- Montserrat Guardia Güell CEO & Co-founder of Big Onion, President of the Quantum Blockchain Alliance
- Lili Infante
- Carlos Jaramillo
- Michael Jenkins
- Félix Antonio Barrios Juárez Director General of INCIBE, Spain
- Dr. Mijin Kim Associate Professor
- Ilia Kolochenko Founder, CEO, and Chief Architect, ImmuniWeb
- Dr. Jennifer LaPrade Associate Professor, Criminology, University of Texas at Arlington
- Dr. Jae-Seung Lee Assistant Professor
- Alejandro Liberman, CPP Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Grupo Werthein
- Ida Lopez President of ALEA
- Alberto Mendoza Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit Argentina
- Margarito Ortega Dean Universidad de Ixtlahuaca CUI, Mexico
- Insun Park Associate Professor, University of Akron
- Katalin Parti Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
- Dr. Ricardo Ferrer Picardo International Expert
- Sergio Piris Legal Manager, Telecom Argentina
- Josep Vives Portell Official Delegate of the Government of Catalonia to the Southern Cone and Representative for Strategic International Affairs
- Victor Hugo Portillo
- Andrea Rossi Commercial Director for Latin America at Betsson Group
- Mgter. María Mercedes Rus Minister of Security of the Province of Mendoza
- Alejandro Sabolansky OAS, CICTE/SMS
- Marcos Salt Advisor to the Council of Europe
- Carlos Christian Sueiro Attorney and Clerk Secretary of the Official Defender’s Office before the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina; Specialist in Criminal Law, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
- Dr. Salvador Tarodo
- Marlon Mike Toro-Alvarez Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Colombian National Police; Assistant Professor at the University of Scranton
- Francisco Pont Vergés Secretary of Criminal Policy, Province of Mendoza
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Irena Vodenska
Professor of Finance;
Director, Finance Programs;
Chair, Administrative Sciences