{"id":49,"date":"2026-10-10T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:11:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/?page_id=49","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull aurora-intro has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Aurora<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Five university students started Aurora to run a Capture the Flag event of their own. We\u2019ve run two so far, both hosted by BT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull aurora-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide aurora-split is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why we run it<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading about a vulnerability isn\u2019t the same as finding one. CTFs give students that practice, against the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They\u2019re also a good way to meet people from other universities and from industry. Our Birmingham event brought together 70+ of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull aurora-section is-tight-top has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-aurora-band is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Get involved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Want to play, give a talk or write a challenge? Message us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-20959078 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-external\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/aurora-ctf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Message us on LinkedIn<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Aurora Five university students started Aurora to run a Capture the Flag event of their own. We\u2019ve run two so far, both hosted by BT. Why we run it Reading about a vulnerability isn\u2019t the same as finding one. CTFs give students that practice, against the clock. They\u2019re also a good way to meet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auroractf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}