HKNL 2026 · OPERATION: DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Investigation B — The Compromised API

Inspect the portal. Follow the evidence. Explain the breach.

CASE BRIEF · NORTHSTAR TECHNOLOGIES

A finance report was accessed by the wrong employee.

You're investigating a simulated employee portal. The account of Avery Santos (Operations) is supposed to access record 2042 only. A help-desk ticket suggests a finance incident memo was exposed and subsequently exported.

Use the tools below to gather evidence. Each stage unlocks the next. Everything is fictional, and no software installation is necessary.

0 / 3 stages150-point rehearsal · mobile-ready
01
RECON & OBJECT ACCESS

Find the exposed finance record

Review the employee roster and help-desk tickets, then experiment with the API record lookup. Which incident reference appears inside the leaked finance record?

02
FORENSIC CORRELATION

Identify the suspicious session

Inspect the unsorted security events. Find the same session that viewed the leaked finance record and exported a related document.

03
INCIDENT CONCLUSION

Close the case

Identify the security flaw and decode the exported filename from the event data. You can use a browser-based Base64 tool, but you must still determine which evidence matters.

Rules for the rehearsal

AI assistants and online tools are allowed. Submit only the flag issued to your own session. Don't share answers or flags. The Game Master will evaluate both solving time and whether you can explain the vulnerability.

Training sandbox only. Do not test unrelated websites, accounts, or APIs.