Our team, vianu_hack, ranked #7 at Defence Intelligence of Ukraine National & Hackenproof CTF
Two weeks ago, just after finishing the European Cyber Week CTF, we started this online CTF. Really interesting. My team (vianu_hack) ranked number 7. Honored to be part of it. Matei Ferseta 🍁– 11th-grade student at Colegiul Național de Informatică “Tudor Vianu” – President of Vianu Cybersecurity Club – Trainer at Atlantykron – Volunteer at […]
My team won “Best European Team” at European Cybersecurity Week, Renee, France, 2025!
I was honored to be present at a huge cybersecurity event, in Rennes, France (Bretagne). I qualified here in late October 2025. My team mates: 2 Spanish students and one UK student. Unfortunately, the UK one could not come. The CTF was really difficult and fun, but I was minutes away to solve the hardest […]
13th, 5th, 8th and 1st place at DefCamp 2025 competitions
What an awesome event! At the main competition we were 18 finalist teams. Some were national teams from Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Finland, some were adults teams from Google, a top Korean team,,, Out of all the them, 2 teams had members from our Vianu Cybersecurity Club. 🙂 So proud. My team, vianub1tz: Hacking Village at […]
My gaming development interview in Scena9
Last month I was at Amber Studios, one of the largest game developer in Romania with my colleagues. It was an event during Bucharest Gaming Week, and for us it was useful to better understand potential career choices. Really nice. I had the nice surprise to be interviewed for Scena9, a cool independent online journalism […]
Visiting GoTech World
Yesterday I visited GoTech World, at Romexpo, Bucharest. I spoke with various companies to sponsor our events from November and December (Vianu CTF and Vianu Sci Tech Evo Fest). I had the nice surprise to get some positive answers. So, I’ll tell you more later on. Here I was at the Google stand, talking with […]
7th Place at CTF@AC Finals, Timisoara, Romania
Thursday, Nov 6th 2025 I left Bucharest by night train towards Timisoara. I participated solo in a team contest. Awesome experience. Meeting a lot of old friends and new friends. Thanks, guys. Looking forward for the next time! I love cybersecurity! Scoreboard Matei Ferseta 🍁– 11th-grade student at Colegiul Național de Informatică “Tudor Vianu” – […]
Cybersecurity Trainer at Atlantykron 2025
For 4 days I kept a cybersecurity training at Atlantykron Academy, 1-8 august 2025. Great public. Awesome learnings 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 […]
12th place at Huntress CTF 2025
After being on 5th place for a long time, our team fell on 12th. We were close 🙂 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 […]
3rd Place – B-Sides 2025.10
Great event, organized by Adobe, in Bucharest HQ 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 me here. mapleleaf.ro
3rd place at European Cybersecurity Week CTF Quals
My team came to the 3rd place in qualifications. My team mates are 3 students, 2 from Spain and one from UK. So, it seems that in November I’ll go to France 🙂 Matei Ferseta 🍁– 11th-grade student at Colegiul Național de Informatică “Tudor Vianu” – President of Vianu Cybersecurity Club – Trainer at Atlantykron […]