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Mate CTF: The Greatest Birthday Present Ever Made
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CTF Birthday Hardware Security ESP32 Rowhammer Mate Friendship
My friends built me a custom CTF for my 26th birthday. It had QR codes hidden in birthday cards, physical flags at ETH, and an ESP32 “rowhammer” challenge. A tale of caffeine addiction and hardware security trauma.