Milpitas Cyberhacks, a High-School CTF with an AI Problem Set

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The competition is organized around six tracks, moving from SQL injection, XSS, and authentication bypasses through ciphers, RSA, hashing, packet capture, and steganography. Two tracks explicitly address the AI-security overlap: AI4Sec focuses on using AI/ML to detect and respond, while Sec4AI covers prompt injection, model exploits, and adversarial inputs. The page also specifies four-student teams, a 10 AM–4 PM contest window, and a beginner track with guided challenges and a mentor present.