On 21 November 2025 at 16:00 EAT, we officially launched the Bank Heist 2 simulation — a highly competitive, high-pressure cybersecurity challenge designed to push participants far beyond traditional CTF boundaries.

The event opened with 66 participants in the first 12 hours, tackling 7 carefully crafted challenges across two categories: OSINT (3 challenges) and Penetration Testing (4 challenges). Within the first 7 hours, only 4 challenges had been solved, with 42 competitors submitting flags. Performance varied widely: 11 participants solved 4 out of 7 challenges, 7 solved 3, another 7 solved 2, 13 solved 1, and 24 were unable to capture a flag.

As the simulation progressed, the total number of participants grew to 79. Out of these, 27 did not solve a challenge, while 52 successfully captured at least one flag. Among the solvers, 7 participants completed all challenges, 1 solved 6, another solved 5, followed by a distribution of 4, 3, 2, and 1 solved challenge respectively.

These results reflect outstanding engagement and a strong level of skill across the board. This was not just another cybersecurity event — H4K-IT delivered a groundbreaking simulation that challenged comfort zones, demanded creativity, and encouraged participants to think like real adversaries.