The plot of the game assumes that hackers have blocked the internet portal of a local news service. The information published on the news website is unavailable and the editorial accounts are blocked. The situation created consternation and chaos in the newsroom. It is necessary to reach the readers of the portal in the traditional way, i.e. through a traditional newspaper. Journalists must write their news, typeset and publish the newspaper, and then distribute it 'by hand' to people in the city.
The game – played in English – will include field tasks held on the campus of Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Polinka – take a photo for an alternative description, Bem Supercomputer – find a memory stick with information useful in further tasks, and a mathematical exhibition in D21 – find the code necessary to decrypt the computer used in the game). The game will also include an IT part. During the field tasks, the competitors will have to find messages, passwords, instructions, and take photos that will be useful further in the game.
The IT and programming part will consist of several CTF (capture the flag) tasks. Competitors will be divided into teams of several participants and will be provided with computers which they will use to overcome obstacles and capture the 'flags'.
The competition organizers will cover the costs of food, care and accommodation, and will provide attractive prizes and an interesting program of the two-day event. IT teachers/supervisors of teams that successfully passed the qualifying rounds are also invited to participate in the final.
The game will be attended by mixed teams consisting of Polish, Czech and Slovak players selected during the qualifying rounds. There are a total of 24 players (10 from Poland, 10 from the Czech Republic and 4 from Slovakia).
The tasks in the game were prepared by computer scientists from the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, the White Hats Student Research Club and the WCSS (Centre for Networking and Supercomputing) employees, as well as 16 Polish mentors, i.e. players from previous editions. The mentors are mainly high school students from Lower Silesia. Two mentors are former students of the WUST Academic High School, this year's graduates and first-year students of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Every year, students representing the Academic High School take part in CyberTron with certain successes.
The task is co-financed from the financial resources of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Government