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LA 2026

official repo

LA CTF is an annual Capture the Flag (CTF) cybersecurity competition hosted by ACM Cyber at UCLA & Psi Beta Rho. LA CTF is open to all skill levels of cybersecurity! Whether you are tackling your first exploit or have professional experience, there will be challenges just right for you! There will be a variety of events ranging from the competition containing jeopardy-style cybersecurity challenges to talks from UCLA professors to fun events such as meme competitions! If you are interested in attending, join the Discord to stay up to date with the latest information about LA CTF!

Discord: https://lac.tf/discord

Challenge archive can be found here: https://github.com/uclaacm/lactf-archive

Web 12

Challenge Has
ad_note files
ad_note_revenge files
append_note files
blogler files
bobles_and_narnes files
clawcha files
extend_note files
glotq files
job_board files
lactf_invoice_generator files
narnes_and_bobles files
single_trust files

Pwn 7

Challenge Has
ScrabASM files
adventure files
ourukla files
refraction files wu 1
tcademy files
this_is_how_you_pwn_the_time_war files
tic_tac_no files

Reverse 7

Challenge Has
helm_hell files
lactf_1986 files
ooo files
reflection files
starless_c files
the_fish files
the_three_sat_problem files

Crypto 10

Challenge Has
lazy_bigrams files
misdirection files
not_so_lazy_trigrams files
sisyphus files
six_seven files
six_seven_again files
slow_gold files
spreading_secrets files
the_clock files
ttyspin files

Misc 6

Challenge Has
cat_bomb files
endians files
error_correction files
grammar files
literally_1984 files
not_just_a_hobby files