Final Event Program

DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge Final Event took place August 4, 2016, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Conference Center. Seven computers developed by teams of hackers played the world's first-ever all-machine game of Capture the Flag.

Highlight Reel – Part 1

Early highlights from the world's first all-machine hacking tournament, DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC). This computer security competition featured seven High Performance Computers as competitors.

Highlight Reel – Part 2

On August 4, 2016, seven high-performance computers successfully played a game of Capture the Flag during the Final Event of DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge.

CGC Stage

DARPA's liquid-cooled data center, the "arena" for the Cyber Grand Challenge, was built in only 29 hours. The stage is home to seven teams' Cyber Reasoning Systems.

Setting the Stage

The liquid-cooled data center for DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge is live! It was built, along with much of the rest of the Challenge set, in 29 hours.

Mission and Objectives

The ultimate test of wits in computer security occurs through open competition on the global Capture the Flag (CTF) tournament circuit. In CTF contests, experts probe for weaknesses and search for deeply hidden flaws.

Welcome to DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge

The ultimate test of wits in computer security occurs through open competition on the global Capture the Flag (CTF) tournament circuit. In CTF contests, experts rprobe for weaknesses and search for deeply hidden flaws.

CGC: The Analysis

An in-depth, post-game look at the CGC Final Event competition data, providing expert analysis of the complex gameplay executed by the novel autonomous cyber reasoning systems that competed in the Challenge.