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Wednesday 31 July 2024
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Teenagers crack encrypted files ANNE HARDIE A teenage duo from Nayland College cracked encrypted files and traced a hacker’s steps to prove they could match industry professionals and tertiary students in a nationwide competition. Ivan Shabashev, a 14-year-old
Year 10 student, and Fionn Cassidy, a 16-year-old Year 12 student, won the high school category of one round in the New Zealand Cyber Security Competition and second place across all categories that included industry professionals and tertiary students. The annual, multi-round compe-
tition delves into cyber security technologies such as cryptography, steganography, digital forensic science, incident response and more. Seven Nayland College students competed individually in the initial online competition and were in the qualifying 20 per cent of
400 competitors to reach the next two rounds at the University of Waikato. Only Ivan and Fionn were able to head to Hamilton for those team rounds, where they joined forced to compete in a round focused on incident response and another round of multiple cyber security tech-
nologies. One of the challenges the duo faced involved cracking encrypted files and monitoring WiFi traffic, while another required them to view security logs to trace a hacker’s steps. Ivan’s father, Dmitrii Shabashev,
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Variable 30kmh speeds on way for schools MAX FRETHEY
Local Democracy Reporter
More than 300 roads across the region are expected to see speed limit reductions over the next four years and schools are welcoming the increased safety that slower speeds will create. The changes are “good news” for Auckland Point School where safety has been a concern for years, principal Sonya Hockley says. “We have been campaigning for quite some time, the board and I, to be able to have reduced speed outside our school because of the sheer volume of traffic and the speed.” The school lies on one of Nelson’s main arterial routes where the speed limit has been 50kmh at all times.
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Principal Sonya Hockley supervises Faaailii Haro-Multipula, 11, left, Amelia Suttie, 10, Aisha Osman, 9, Georgia Suttie, 8, Tosi Toalima Vitaoa, 7, and Estiana Khadka KC, 7, as they cross Haven Rd outside of Auckland Point School where 50kmh speeds are a safety concern. Photo: Max Frethey.Photo: Max Frethey.
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