2026 Lesotho Cybersecurity Hackathon — Preliminary Round
Live nowPreliminary round · 6–8 November 2026
35 university teams from NUL, LUCT, LP and BU are cracking, defending, investigating and reverse engineering their way to the top 10 — and a place in the national finals.
- Teams
- 35
- Vaults
- 46
- Universities
- 4
- Finalist spots
- 10
Closes just before midnight, Sunday 8 November · Final scores announced after the round
The preliminary round of the 2026 Lesotho Cybersecurity Hackathon is under way. It opened at midnight on Friday 6 November and runs until just before midnight on Sunday 8 November 2026. Students from the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT), Lerotholi Polytechnic (LP) and Botho University (BU) are showing what they can do: cracking, defending, investigating and reverse engineering.
This year's challenges centre on industrial control systems, embedded and smart devices, firmware analysis, industrial protocols and the networks behind them, alongside account manipulation, network analysis, forensics, web attacks and cryptography. Only the 10 highest-scoring teams will go through to the finals.
Live score snapshot
This is a snapshot from the evening of 6 November 2026, not the final standings. Final scores will be published after the round closes on Sunday.
Top 10 at snapshot time
- M47
- We Thought This Was World War III
- Firewall 4
- CyberX
- Cybermates
- Axiom Void
- OpenCoder
- State-Vipers
- Apex
- RootX
M47 led the early field with 98 solves, 24 first bloods and solves across 10 competencies.
Competing teams
National University of Lesotho (11)
- State-Vipers
- We Thought This Was World War III
- Firewall 4
- Cybermates
- CyberX
- M47
- The Hydra Ciphers
- Q-0v€rf1o₩
- Thebe Tech
- Ciphered
- RootX
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (10)
- Ethical Hackers
- The team of choice
- dedsec
- CYBER GHOSTS
- BOOTH COMPUTING CORPS
- TECH INNOVATORS
- Midnight merge
- Digital Defenders
- Rooted Treat H4ckers
- Truth hunters
Botho University Lesotho (11)
- Axiom Void
- BlackRocks
- Minions
- Apex
- ZeroTrace
- Highland Hackers
- CyberGaurdians
- Revolver
- Trojan Masters
- OpenCoder
- NetDefenders
Lerotholi Polytechnic (4)
- Delta Apha
- Watchdogs
- 0100 deciphers
- Segfault
Organisers and partners
Internet Society
Lesotho Chapter
