19 years old beats 3000 entrants to win cybersecurity championship

Good Luck Kid, I hope you make some positive contributions in the future

This is the part I liked the most:

"What is most impressive it that none of these finalists are cyber professionals already, the majority of them are self-taught. It's a real demonstration that the hidden talent is there to be discovered in every corner of the UK - we just need to find it."


According to the article:- 

He was happy to receive the gong for having cracked through a challenge set by BT, GCHQ, the National Crime Agency, Juniper Networks and Lockheed Martin.

As the winner Shackleton gets to choose from an attractive mix of prizes, 90 options apparently. These are worth as much as £100,000 and include industry training and university courses.




The links below has more information:

http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2334564/19-year-old-student-is-the-uk-cyber-security-champion