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Comment by ChiperSoft

8 days ago

Neither the article nor the comments in this thread explain which of the many meanings the acronym CTF is being applied to...

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mr_mph  8 days ago

In this context, it stands for capture-the-flag: A type of computer security competition, usually in a 'jeopardy' style, where challenges that fewer teams have solved are worth more points.

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