During the HALON hacking competition, 28 teams had one goal: to find as many vulnerabilities as possible in the systems of Dutch higher education institutions. Research software engineer Chris Handy participated on his own and ended up in second place in the category ‘Vulnerabilities found at the highest number of unique targets’.
Thursday 22 January 2026
Leiden - 2 month ago
Chris Handy excels in hacking competition: ‘Everything we find helps us to secure research data better’
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