{"id":1067,"date":"2022-03-18T14:09:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/?page_id=1067"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:55:00","slug":"past-competitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/competitions\/past-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><br \/><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>  .profile-listing {display: none;}<br \/>  .split-container {<br \/>    background-color: #fff;<br \/>    border-bottom: dashed 2px #eee;<br \/>    padding: 30px 0;<br \/>    margin-bottom: 30px;<br \/>  }<br \/>  @media screen and (min-width: 768px) {<br \/>    .jump-links {<br \/>      border-bottom: none;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .content .content-container {<br \/>      background: none;<br \/>      border: none !important;<br \/>      box-shadow: none;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .content .content-container, .content .content-container article {<br \/>      padding: 0;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .split-container {<br \/>      border: dashed 2px #eee;<br \/>      border-radius: 5px;<br \/>      box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgb(0 0 0 \/ 5%);<br \/>      padding: 60px 45px;<br \/>    }<br \/>  }<br \/><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_end\">\ufeff<\/span><\/style>\n<div class=\"jump-links\"><span>On this page: <\/span><a href=\"#2025\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" class=\"button\">2025 Competitions<\/a><a href=\"#2024\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" class=\"button\">2024 Competitions<\/a><a href=\"#2023\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" class=\"button\">2023 Competitions<\/a><a href=\"#2022\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" class=\"button\">2022 Competitions<\/a><a href=\"#2021\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" class=\"button\">2021 Competitions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"split-containter\" id=\"2025\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2025 Cybercrime Investigation Competition<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winning Teams<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>1st Place<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2026\/02\/usa.png\" alt=\"USA flag\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" border=\"1px\" \/>Team USA: ROOT ACCESS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>University of Scranton, USA<\/em><br \/>\nLeah Schneider<br \/>\nMicheal O\u2019Donnell<br \/>\nJames Andres<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>2nd Place<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2026\/02\/spain.png\" alt=\"Spain flag\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" border=\"1px\" \/>Team Spain: CTRL+LAW<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Universidad de Le\u00f3n, Spain<\/em><br \/>\nAnder Chueca Rodr\u00edguez<br \/>\nCarlos Prieto Vi\u00f1uela<br \/>\nNahia Mart\u00ednez Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>3rd Place<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2026\/02\/argentina.png\" alt=\"Argentina flag\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" border=\"1px\" \/>Team Argentina: CLICLEX<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Laboratorio CLICLEX, Argentina<\/em><br \/>\nJorge Agustin Marisi<br \/>\nIgnacio Rodr\u00edguez Salgado<br \/>\nRafael Garc\u00eda Borda<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2025 <\/strong><strong>Student Paper Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winners<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/03\/BU_master-logo.jpg\" alt=\"BU Logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" \/><strong>First Place<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cModus Operandi and Blockchain Analysis of Romance Scams: Cryptocurrency Driven Victimization\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nAmy Hyunjeong Lim, Boston University<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2026\/02\/20230930134925_file_VVG.png\" alt=\"University of Valladolid\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" \/><strong>Second Place<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cThe Legal Response to the Intrusion into Digital Identity in Social Media\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nMar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez Garc\u00eda Vi\u00f1uela, University of Valladolid, Plaza de la Universidad, Spain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"split-containter\" id=\"2024\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2024 Cybercrime Investigation Competition<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winning Teams<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>1st Place<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/04\/south-korea-e1617804434581.png\" alt=\"Korean flag\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" border=\"1px\" \/>Team South Korea: S&amp;HCH<\/strong><br \/>\nSoyeon Jeong<br \/>\nChanhwi Lee<br \/>\nHwichan Choo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>2nd Place<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2025\/02\/Flag_of_Hungary.gif\" alt=\"Hungarian flag\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" border=\"1px\" \/>Team Hungary: Fifty Shades of Grey hat<\/strong><br \/>\nRebeka T\u00f3th<br \/>\nM\u00e1ri\u00f3 Mile<br \/>\nZolt\u00e1n Dienes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>3rd Place<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/04\/south-korea-e1617804434581.png\" alt=\"Korean flag\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" border=\"1px\" \/>Team Korea: Chung-Ang University<\/strong><br \/>\nJong Min Lee<br \/>\nYi Seo Kim<br \/>\nSeong Won Choi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2024 <\/strong><strong>Student Paper Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">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.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winners<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/03\/BU_master-logo.jpg\" alt=\"BU Logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" \/><strong>First Place<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cInvestigating the Intersection of AI and Cybercrime: Risks, Trends, and Countermeasures\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSanaika Shetty, Boston University<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/03\/BU_master-logo.jpg\" alt=\"BU Logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" \/><strong>Second Place<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cCyber Victimization in the Healthcare Industry: Analyzing Offender Motivations and Target Characteristics through Routine Activities Theory (RAT) and Cyber-Routine Activities Theory (Cyber-RAT)\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nYashna Praveen, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"split-container\" id=\"2023\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2023 Cybercrime Investigation Competition<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winning Teams<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>1st Place<br \/>\nTeam Hungary: Fifty Shades of Grey hat<\/strong><br \/>\nKriszti\u00e1n Patrik Ari,<br \/>\nRebeka T\u00f3th<br \/>\nM\u00e1ri\u00f3 Mile<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>2nd Place<br \/>\nTeam Korea: Detective Conan (BOB)<\/strong><br \/>\nHeejin Koo<br \/>\nDong-Hyun Kim<br \/>\nEung-Chang Lee<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>3rd Place<br \/>\nTeam Brazil<\/strong><br \/>\nKelsson Alexandrino Schineider<br \/>\nRoberto Buery Silva<br \/>\nGabriel Velsasco<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2023 Student Paper Competition<\/h2>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>1st Place:<br \/>\n\u201cThe Victimization Of Deep Fake In The Metaverse: Building Practical Management Framework\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nJulia Stavola<br \/>\nBoston University<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>2nd Place:<br \/>\n\u201cHarnessing Large Language Models To Simulate Realistic Human Targets For Social Engineering Attacks: A Case Study\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nMohammad Asfour<br \/>\nJuan Carlos Murillo<br \/>\nCornell Tech, Cornell University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"split-container\" id=\"2022\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2022 Cybercrime Investigation Competition<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winning Teams<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/hungary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/03\/hungary-150x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/hungary-2022\/\">Team Hungary<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>First Place Winners<\/strong><br \/>\nRebeka T\u00f3th, Mario Mile, and Zolt\u00e1n Dienes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/usa-2022\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/03\/usa-scranton-e1614973895540.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/usa-2022\/\">Team U.S.A.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Second Place Winners<\/strong><br \/>\nAndrew Huertas, Michael Ross, and Shawn Xuyao<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/brazil-2022\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2023\/03\/brazil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/brazil-2022\">Team Brazil<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Third Place Winners<\/strong><br \/>\nJose Anchieta Nery Neto, Ivo de Carvalho Peixinho, and Jamil Darub Trelles<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2022 Student Paper Competition<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winners<\/h3>\n<p><img src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/03\/BU_master-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Boston University logo\" width=\"175\" class=\"wp-image-797 size-full aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><strong>First Place<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Dynamics of Dark Web Financial Marketplaces: An Exploratory Study of Underground Fraud and Scam Business<\/em><br \/>\nBo Ra Jung, Boston University<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2023\/03\/Bridgewater_State_University_logo.png\" alt=\"Bridgewater State University logo\" width=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-797 size-full aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Second Place<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Kerberoasting: Case Studies of an Attack on a Cryptographic Authentication Technology<\/em><br \/>\nD. Demers, Bridgewater State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"split-container\" id=\"2021\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2021 Cybercrime Investigation Competition<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winning Team<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/hungary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/03\/hungary-150x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/hungary\/\">Team Hungary<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2021 Student Paper Competition<\/h2>\n<p>The Cybercrime Investigation &amp; Cybersecurity Paper Awards were presented to the <strong>top three teams<\/strong> (students and a faculty coach) who <strong>authored original, unpublished<\/strong> papers for presentations at the 2021 International White Hat Conference.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winners<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/jeeseon-hwang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/05\/seoul-univ-e1620765992208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-796 size-full aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/jeeseon-hwang\/\">Jeeseon Hwang, Seoul University, South Korea<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>First Place Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/sydney-l-gero\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/05\/scranton-e1620766091341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-797 size-full aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/sydney-l-gero\/\">Sydney L. Gero, University of Scranton, USA<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Second Place Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/nayoung-ko\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/05\/kyonggi-univ.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-798 size-full aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/nayoung-ko\/\">Nayong Ko, Kyonggi University, South Korea<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Third Place Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/yeonjae-park\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/whitehat\/files\/2021\/05\/ut-dallas-e1620766010888.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-794 size-full aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/sessions\/yeonjae-park\/\">Yeonjae Park, University of Texas at Dallas, USA<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Third Place Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this page: 2025 Competitions2024 Competitions2023 Competitions2022 Competitions2021 Competitions 2025 Cybercrime Investigation Competition Winning Teams 1st Place Team USA: ROOT ACCESS University of Scranton, USA Leah Schneider Micheal O\u2019Donnell James Andres 2nd Place Team Spain: CTRL+LAW Universidad de Le\u00f3n, Spain Ander Chueca Rodr\u00edguez Carlos Prieto Vi\u00f1uela Nahia Mart\u00ednez Garc\u00eda 3rd Place Team Argentina: CLICLEX Laboratorio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19676,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"profiles.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2131,"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1067\/revisions\/2131"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.bu.edu\/whitehat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}