{"id":7396,"date":"2025-12-12T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/?p=7396"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:29:53","slug":"wmsus-team-null-secures-5th-place-in-hack4gov-2025-national-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/?p=7396","title":{"rendered":"WMSU\u2019s Team Null Secures 5th Place in Hack4Gov 2025 National Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Team Null of Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) secured 5th place in the Hack4Gov 2025 National Finals held on December 9, 2025, at the Sequoia Hotel Manila Bay in Para\u00f1aque City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competing against 20 top-performing cybersecurity teams from across the Philippines, Team Null represented both WMSU and the wider Zamboanga Peninsula (ZamPen) and Basilan\u2013Sulu\u2013Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) regions. Their performance underscores the growing presence and competitiveness of Western Mindanao in the country\u2019s cybersecurity landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the national finals featured a rigorous capture-the-flag (CTF) competition that covered web exploitation, digital forensics, cryptography, reverse engineering, and threat analysis. Throughout the event, Team Null demonstrated strong technical capability and problem-solving skills, placing them among the nation\u2019s most promising cybersecurity groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team\u2019s achievement highlights the emerging strength of young cybersecurity practitioners from Mindanao and affirms the region\u2019s capacity to excel in high-level national competitions. Their performance brought recognition to both WMSU and the broader ZamPen and BaSulTa regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WMSU also acknowledged the role of the team\u2019s mentors, whose guidance and support were integral to the group\u2019s preparation and overall performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the demand for cybersecurity professionals continues to rise nationwide, Team Null\u2019s success in the Hack4Gov National Finals reinforces WMSU\u2019s commitment to fostering innovation, competence, and leadership in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-1024x823.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-1024x823.png 1024w, https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-768x617.png 768w, https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-1536x1235.png 1536w, https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-373x300.png 373w, https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Null of Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) secured 5th place in the Hack4Gov 2025 National Finals held on December 9, 2025, at the Sequoia Hotel Manila Bay in Para\u00f1aque [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7398,"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396\/revisions\/7398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wmsu.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}