Trace Labs is a Not-For-Profit organization whose mission is to crowdsource the collection of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) to generate new leads on active missing persons investigations. The missing persons issue is getting worse and requires modern and scalable solutions at various levels to help mitigate risk to society. Trace Labs leverages a CTF platform to enable the collection of OSINT to power these crowdsourced community CTF events. These CTF events allow missing persons to receive the attention that is needed early in the search process. All proceeds from this event will go towards supporting Trace Labs infrastructure and operating costs to enable us to continue crowdsourcing OSINT to assist in locating missing persons.

This CTF is 100% virtual, so contestants from any geographic location are encouraged to participate! We will be working on global missing persons cases for this event. To accommodate as many time zones as possible, we have scheduled this event on Saturday February 1st 10PM UTC - 4AM UTC. For this CTF, contestants can participate as either a Solo Team or a Team of up to 4. NOTE: You will be able to form teams within the CTF platform starting Monday January 27th at 9AM EDT. Getting on the Platform & Forming a Team: 1. Starting January 27th 9AM EDT Visit https://ctf.tracelabs.org/register 2. Enter in your full Eventbrite order number in the text box (Eg. 982036635) 3. Enter a valid e-mail address, username, and password that meets the requirements shown on screen 4. Once you have successfully created your account, you will be able to log in to https://ctf.tracelabs.org with the e-mail address and password you just set 5. When logging in for the first time, you will have the option to create a new team, or join an existing team 6. Create a Team - When creating a team you will choose a Team Name, and then be provided with a "Team Code" on the top left of your screen that you can give out to up to 3 additional team members 7. Join a Team - When joining an existing team, you will need to enter in the "Team Code" provided to you by an existing member of that team