Georgia Tech Wins NSA's Codebreaker Challenge for Fourth Consecutive Year

FORT MEADE, Md. – For the fourth consecutive year, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) took first place in the National Security Agency’s annual Codebreaker Challenge (CBC).

Participation in the 2024 contest rose to more than 7,200 students from 576 U.S.-based academic institutions compared to 5,057 participants from 450 schools during the 2023 challenge.

The annual Codebreaker Challenge offers students a closer look at the type of work done at NSA and provides an opportunity to develop skills needed to achieve the Agency’s national security mission including reverse engineering, computer programming, forensics, and vulnerability analysis.