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Olympiad in Computer Science and Programming
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2025: Russian schoolchildren win 8 medals at the International Cybersecurity Olympiad in Singapore
The Russian team of high school students won eight medals at the first International Olympiad, cyber security which was held in. In the Singapore team competition, Russian participants took second place among representatives of 25 countries of the world, losing only to the team from Singapore. This became known on June 26, 2025.
The team of Russian schoolchildren was prepared by experts from the Central University and Kaspersky Lab. Participants were trained on the basis of the Central University using an individual approach to each member of the national team.
The final stage of the Olympiad was attended by teams from 25 states, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Japan, Israel and Sweden. Competitions were held in two rounds with various technical tasks for information security.
The first round lasted three hours and included seven advanced tasks on cryptography, binary vulnerabilities, web vulnerabilities and reverse engineering. Binary vulnerabilities are weaknesses in files or code that allow attackers to intercept control of the system and run malicious software.
The second round lasted five hours and contained additional tasks for pentest, steganography and uniforms. Pentest is a method of assessing the security of computer systems, steganography is a method of transferring files in secret, and forensic medicine is also called computer forensics.
Three Russian schoolchildren received gold medals in individual standings: Maxim Nikitin and Alexey Novikov from Moscow, as well as Ildar Khuzhiakhmetov from Kazan. These achievements became the basis for the second place of the team in the overall standings.
Silver awards were won by three Muscovites - Georgy Balashov, Yegor Zaborov and Georgy Lagutin. They demonstrated a high level of training in various areas of cybersecurity and contributed significantly to the team result.[1]
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