Hackfest Social-Engineering Contest 2025
Prove that you can social-engineer anyone in English or French.
Get in a booth in front of a crowd, do a phone call to a known company, gather multiple flag by only asking them question by voice… and win!
What is Hackfest Social-Engineering Contest?
A social engineering contest by telephone where the participant must obtain privileged information via engineering discussion techniques. The goal is to get an X number of information and the best wins!
Funny, interesting and stressful, will you be up to it?
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Schedule
Day 1 - Friday
Time | Title |
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08:30 | Village opens |
08:45 | Opening remarks/rules |
09:30 | Hackfest 101 |
10:00 | Contestant #1 - #4 |
13:00 | Speaker: Dominique Gagnon “Et si notre culture d’entreprise bienveillante était notre pire faille de sécurité ?“ |
14:00 | Contestant #5 - #10 |
15:00 | Speaker: Cynthia Deslandes “Ingénierie sociale : Attention au côté obscur” |
15:30 | Contestant #5 - #10 (cont’d) |
17:30 | Scoring and announcement of round 2 contestants |
Day 2 - Saturday
Time | Title |
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09:00 | Opening remarks/scoreboard Assignment of targets, and drawing of competition slots |
09:30 | Finalist #1 and #2 |
11:30 | Speaker: Marco Estrela “Physical Pentesting: Breaching the Human Perimeter“ |
12:00 | Finalist #3 |
13:30 | Speaker: Cynthia Deslandes “CSI Linux : Ça mange quoi en hiver?” |
14:00 | Finalist #4 and guests |
16:30 | Roundtable discussion Highlights, lowlights, what worked, what didn’t work |
17:00 | Winners announced |
21:00 | Contest - Night Edition |
Registration & Form
- Call for Participants: Closed
- Call for Crew: Closed