From preventing a nuclear meltdown to hacking into central heating systems, the skills of 32 of the UK’s most gifted teenage code-breakers have been put to the test.
It was all part of the national finals of the Cyber Security Challenge UK, which also saw the students attempting to crack codes with a real Enigma machine.
Teams from seven schools across the country took part in the event last month, with a team of students from Stockport School in Cheshire scooping the £1,000 prize.
The challenges had been designed by leading industry experts and the national competition was linked to the publication cyber security teaching resources earlier last year.
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