SK Shieldus said on July 27 its white-hacker group EQST finished runner-up in the general CTF division at CODEGATE 2026, an international hacking defence contest hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The event was held on July 23 and 24 at COEX in Seoul. Twenty teams from eight countries competed for 24 hours across fields including AI, web, systems, reversing, cryptography and blockchain.

SK Shieldus said on Sunday that Kim Byeong-hyeon, a senior researcher in its EQST white-hat hacker group, won first place at the global AI red team hacking competition Judgement Day. The company said the event evaluated attack techniques designed to induce AI agents to perform prohibited actions or omit required safety measures. The contest used eight scenarios reflecting industrial environments, and scoring considered problem-solving approaches, strategy diversity and speed.