CEDARVILLE — He cracked the code and now the Greene County Commissioners are going to honor him for this national accomplishment.
Kaicheng Ye, a senior from Beavercreek, Ohio will be recognized by the Greene County Commissioners on Friday for successfully solving the 2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge. Out of 6,000 participants nationwide, only 100 individuals solved the challenge, placing Ye among an elite group of cybersecurity problem-solvers.
Hosted annually by the National Security Agency, the Codebreaker Challenge presents students with a series of real-world technical problems focused on reverse engineering and web application exploitation. Ye was surprised to later learn that he would be publicly recognized for his accomplishment…