Red vs Blue Team — HACK SIV Challenge

A live capture-the-flag for elections: break it, defend it, learn.

Contact:   hack@siv.org   |   💬 Signal

 

Why:

• Give participants hands-on experience with adversarial thinking, defense, and election forensics.
• Showcase your institution as a leader in cutting-edge democracy technology.
• Advance election security for society at large.

 

 

 

How a HACK SIV Challenge Works:

🔴 Attackers (RED)

• Play the role of an adversary— Nation State level is in play.
• Design and execute creative attacks.
• Can you tamper with the election's results— undetected?

🔵 Defenders (BLUE)

• Secure the election.
• Identify possible attacks.
• Assure voters' confidence in election outcomes.

👥 Voters

• Recruit civilian voters: students, faculty, staff, community members.
• They're the ones who make all of this worth it— who we're here to serve.

 

SIV Provides 📚🔧

We'll work with you to get everyone started.

• Use our production-ready cloud infra: siv.org
  • Or code for your own servers: github.com/siv-org/siv
• Post-Election Statistical Tools: https://docs.siv.org/verifiability/rla
• Dedicated comms channels for Q&A during the event.

Documentation:

• The SIV Protocol: siv.org/protocol
• FAQ: siv.org/faq
• docs.siv.org — How to Run a Secure Online Election
• Known Security Issues: https://github.com/siv-org/siv/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3Asecurity%20
• HACK SIV @ DEF CON 2024 Report: https://hack.siv.org/reports/2024defcon

 

Requirements:

• ≥ 1 member per team (4+ recommended).
• Recruit civilian voters to join the challenge. The more the merrier.

 

Suggested Timeline

Phase	Duration
PREP	1 week
VOTING PERIOD	24h
RELEASE PRELIMINARY RESULTS	15 min
POST-ELECTION AUDITING?	based on teams' skills
COMPILE REPORT	based on desired depth

 

Questions? Ready?

Email us hack@siv.org or message on 💬 Signal.

 

 

 

"Everyone's a winner—some just win harder."