Russian high school students won the International Cybersecurity… (олимпиада · сборная · кибербезопасность)
Russian high school students won the International Cybersecurity Olympiad (ICO) held in Tunisia from June 27 to July 2, becoming absolute champions and earning four medals including two golds. The competition featured two seven-hour rounds of cybersecurity challenges, with participants using limited access to ChatGPT-5.5-mini.
Consensus
- Russian high school students won the International Cybersecurity Olympiad (ICO) in Tunisia from June 27 to July 2
- The competition had two seven-hour rounds with cybersecurity challenges including web security and vulnerability hunting
- Participants were allowed limited access to ChatGPT-5.5-mini but prohibited from using external AI tools or messengers
- Russia won four medals: two gold, one silver, and one bronze
- The event involved participants from 19 countries including Brazil, China, USA, Singapore, Sweden, and Italy
Points of divergence
- Artem Rumyantsev was at the airport directly after graduation when he spoke to Vesti about his experience — vesti
- Roman Cheremnykh expected more difficult tasks than what were provided in the competition — vesti
- The team preparation started with an online selection of 700 participants and included monthly training sessions — vesti
- The competition was held from June 27 to July 2 in Tunisia, involving students from 19 countries including Brazil, China, Italy, Singapore, Sweden, and USA — ntv
- Participants were given a maximum of 100 points per task like on the ЕГЭ exam format — kommersant
Coverage (5 sources)
- Russian students win cybersecurity olympiad in Tunisia — Ведомости
- The Russian team became the absolute champion of the cybersecurity olympiad — Вести
- Russian school team becomes champion of the International Cybersecurity Olympiad — НТВ Москва
- Russian students win international cybersecurity olympiad — Коммерсантъ
- Russian schoolchildren became absolute champions of the cybersecurity olympiad — Вечерняя Москва