Mozilla aren’t feeling the love for OKCupid
Feeling foolish
It’s certainly a terrible day to announce any serious news – as no one will take you seriously! Which is why we sent our monthly enewsletter out today. Hmmm. Still it’s past mid-day now, so everything else is true – we promise!
For more info:
Design Week – Were you fooled?|
The Guardian – April Fools 2014
The cream of the crop
A little distraction Create musical sounds and colourful animations whilst you try to avoid looking at the emails piling into your inbox this lunchtime, all thanks to Google designer Jono Brandel and his little creation Patatap. A little bit of relaxing entertainment over a sandwich is just what you need, although be careful; it’s easy to get sucked in!
Flagday
The organisation was set up to encourage more talented people to join the cyber security profession and is sponsored by groups and companies as diverse as GCHQ, Symantec, HP and Royal Mail (among many others). Each year they set up a series of challenges – from online competitions to full-on terrorist attack simulations.
These led up to the final ‘masterclass’ which involved 42 of the best players that had beaten their way through to the final round. This challenge was designed to test a wide variety of skills – and to add to the stress it took place over two days in an underground bunker beneath London within the Churchill War Rooms. The finalists had to contend with warning lights flashing away, sirens going off, briefings to ministers and press conferences to manage – all the while trying to contain an increasing (simulated) cyber attack on the UK’s infrastructure – scary stuff!
In the end, 19 year old Will Shackleton was awarded the top prize – and has pretty much guaranteed a top job in the industry. The awards themselves were a glitzy affair in a wonderful location. The only worrying point of the evening came right at the end – when the ceremony was interrupted with a rather terrifying video message from a group calling themselves the ‘Flag Day Associates’. We’re not sure whether this was a real terrorist warning – or maybe clever way to kick off the start of the next series of ‘challenges’ – take a look below and decide for yourselves!
More info about the event:
GCHQ – Cyber Security Finals
The Inquirer – 19 year old student becomes UK Cyber Champion
Cyber Security Challenge – who are the ‘Flag Day Associates’?
When brand videos go bad