Two Vietnam teams named RoadToRome and BabyPhD entered the final round of WhiteHat Grand Prix – Global challenge 2015, Bkav Corporation announced.

The qualifying round of the contest was held on October 24 

Ten teams from the United States, Vietnam, Poland, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Russia and Ukraina were qualified for the final round, due to be held in December.

Six teams were also listed as top-ranked teams of CTFTime - a webiste for global cybersecurity contests.

PPP team from Carnegie Mellon University, one of the four leading information and technology universities in the US, won the grand prize.

The second prize went to Shellphish team also from the US with 5,295 points. 

RoadToRome and BabyPhD of Vietnam were ranked among the top five.

Themed ‘Hello, Vietnam!’, WhiteHat Grand Prix – Global challenge 2015, the international cybersecurity contest held in Vietnam for the first time attracted 467 teams from 67 countries around the world.

Nhan Dan