We Became Vice-Champions at HackDay France 2026

I still can’t fully describe what those 24 hours felt like. Together with my teammates — Patrick Șuster, Filip Anghel, Vlad Hărdălău, and Alexandru Docea — we competed in the international cybersecurity final of HackDay.fr 2026, organized by ESIEE Paris. And we finished 2nd place in the world. It didn’t start that way. We came […]
Yesterday, in prime time, we were LIVE at Razvan si Dani, at Antena 1 TV

Yesterday morning, at CNI Tudor Vianu, in the classroom where we keep the Vianu Cybersecurity Club, we were interviewd live by Antena 1 TV during Razvan si Dani show. We discussed about our activities, about https://lab.vianuhack.club – our project to raise the cyber-alphabetization in Romania, about our dreams, about our prize obtained at Samsung Solve […]
Qualified in Final of UNbreakable Romania 2026

Together with my awesome team vianu_hack (George Lupu and Tudor Prisecaru) we managed to qualify at the Unbreakable Final. This will take place on March 27, 2026. Thank you, ING HUBS for supporting our club to achieve such great results 🙂 Matei Ferseta 🍁– 11th-grade student at Colegiul Național de Informatică “Tudor Vianu” – President […]
2nd place at BSides Bucharest 2026 CTF – Hack in Bloom

Yesterday, March 4, 2026, I ended up on second place at BSides Bucharest 2026 CTF – Hack in Bloom. And I won a great pair of headphones 🙂 Awesome event, awesome friends. Thank you. Matei Ferseta 🍁– 11th-grade student at Colegiul Național de Informatică “Tudor Vianu” – President of Vianu Cybersecurity Club – Trainer at […]
ROCSC 2026 Quals – 100% Score!

I qualified to the ROCSC (Romanian Cybersecurity Championship) final. We were 20 people that qualified, all with perfect score, just different times. Date: February 20-22, 2026 See you at the ROCSC final, in May 2026 Thank you, Cyber Edu Matei Ferseta 🍁– 11th-grade student at Colegiul Național de Informatică “Tudor Vianu” – President of Vianu […]
We obtained the Romanian Record Certification at WORLD-WIDE DX CONTEST SSB radio amateur competition in 2025!

Below there is the message from Petrica Stolnicu, the head of Radiostiinta Association, the guy that directed me to enter in the HAM radio world. 🙂 This is an event that we did last year. “Today, the Radioștiința Association celebrates the achievements of the members who founded an absolutely wonderful youth team (YR0K). They have […]
Our team, Vianu Cybersecurity Club, qualified in top 25 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow technology contest

Here are the 25 finalists: https://www.samsung.com/ro/explore/brand/echipele-finaliste-solve-for-tomorrow-2025-2026-au-fost-selectate/ Our team members:– Stefan Ferseta (team leader)– George Lupu– Dan Serban– Cezar Alexandru Badita Coordinators: Constantin Ferseta and Matei Ferseta Our objective: Building Romania’s community of high school students passionate about cybersecurity, based on gamification, challenges, and identity transformation, largely automated with AI, and supported by Romania’s #1 cybersecurity […]
4th Place at Hack The Art CTF 2026

On January 10, I ended up on 4th place at Hack The Art CTF. 🙂 Matei Ferseta 🍁– 11th-grade student at Colegiul Național de Informatică “Tudor Vianu” – President of Vianu Cybersecurity Club – Trainer at Atlantykron – Volunteer at Astrofest, Hallo Fest, Sci-Fi Fest, Poli Fest – Pseudo-Owner of Bacon, my cat. More about […]
Yesterday we organized VianuCTF 2025. 430 participants worldwide, 73 on-site
VianuCTF 2025: A Global Cybersecurity Success! The 3rd edition of VianuCTF took place yesterday, Deember 16, 2025, from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM–seven hours of intense, non-stop work and high-level problem solving. Organized by the Vianu Cybersecurity Club (President: Matei Ferseta), this year’s event reached new heights. Attendance & Reach We had a total of […]
We’re organizing VianuCTF 2025. Tuesday, December 16th. Are you in?

@everyone SecurITy Challenge – VianuCTF 2025 is coming! 🔐💻 Are you into hacking, puzzles, or breaking things just to figure out how they work? Join *SecurITy Challenge – VianuCTF 2025, a cybersecurity competition for students organized by *“Tudor Vianu” National College of Computer Science and the Vianu Cybersecurity Club in Bucharest, Romania. You’ll face Jeopardy-style […]