Terms of Service

Challenge.fi and Next Gen Hack FI ry Hacking Challenge, hereafter known as Next Gen Hack FI ry is a capture the flag challenge aimed for participants aged up to 26 years of age located in Finland.

Next Gen Hack FI ry provides this platform without any guarantees and service level agreement. Next Gen Hack FI ry and its partners do not take any responsibility if the service is not available. The service is provided free of charge and without any warranties. Next Gen Hack FI ry reserves the right to stop offering this service if it decides to do so without any notice.

The platform is intended for hacking the challenges provided. Next Gen Hack FI ry waives its right to pursue any legal actions regarding the activity that is done against challenges and are done according to the rules of the service. We do not allow any activity against the service and the challenges that consume large amounts of resources (e.g. Denial of Service attacks), intentional deletion or modification of the resources. Also any activity that leverages an attack outside of the challenge platform is considered prohibited.

Next Gen Hack FI ry does not take any responsibility about the tools you decide to use. Please verify and consider what you are downloading. You should note that software downloaded from the Internet might damage your computer.

Next Gen Hack FI ry partners may offer prizes and/or job or internship opportunities for selected participants of the challenge. Next Gen Hack FI ry and its partners reserve the right not to choose the winner if it decides to do so or reserves the right to choose the winner without releasing the criteria. Also, any partners affiliated with Next Gen Hack FI ry are not obligated to offer internships or any other job opportunities to the participants of the challenge.

Next Gen Hack FI ry acts as a preliminary qualifier for the European Cyber Security Challnge (https://ecsc.eu), held in location that is announced at a later date.. The participating team will consist of maximum of 5 participants aged 15-20 and 5 participants aged 21-25 + the team coach. Next Gen Hack FI ry organizers reserve the right to select the participating team. The team is mainly selected from the participants, but can be supplemented by other members chosen by the organizers. Members that are under 18 must have the consent of their legal guardian for participating in the team. Members of the team may be changed due to reasons including, but not limited to: not receiving permission of the guardian, poor or anti-social behavior, not showing up. Next Gen Hack FI ry organizers are responsible for the travel arrangements and costs of the participating team including accomodations and transportation to the competition site.