About us.
Aurora CTF is a student-led organisation dedicated to promoting up-skilling and networking in the cyber community for university students around the UK.
Our inaugural event took place in April 2025 at BT One Braham in London. We hosted over 50 students from across the country, who took on a set of over 30 custom-built challenges, and heard talks from our two industry speakers.
Our Founding Team
Our team first came together as interns in Summer 2024, and colletively bring a wide range of skills and experience to the table
Alexander Carr
Alex is a student at the University of Glasgow, studying for BSc in Computer Science. He built the OSINT challenges for our 2025 CTF, and is responsible for liaising with our corporate partners.
Thomas Speake
A Computer Science undergraduate at Royal Holloway, University of London, Tom specialises in our social media management and community outreach.
Samuel Montague
Sam is a Computer Science student at the University of Edinburgh. He leads the design and implementation of our quantum challenges.
Adithya Phanish
Adi is studying for an MSci in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham. His speciality is reverse engineering and binary exploitation.
Amrit Sahu
Amrit is a final year student at Imperial College London, studying for an MSci in Joint Computing & Maths. He designed our cryptography challenges for the 2025 CTF