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 […]
10th place at Null CTF 2025
Great news. We achieved a fantastic result at Null CTF 2025! Our team (vianu_hack) – Victor-Andrei Trandafir, Robert-Andrei Harabagiu, Tudor Furtuna, Alexandru Hossu and myself, Matei Ferșeta – secured a spot in the Top 10. The competition was really tough. It required intense focus, quick thinking, and seamless teamwork. Every challenge pushed us to think […]
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 […]