A team from Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) clinched the third runner-up slot in the HackForGov5 2026 Negros Island Region (NIR) regionals, held on October 12, 2026 at Roy’s Hotel and Convention Center in Bacolod City.
CHMSU’s Team StuXNet, composed of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) students from Alijis and Binalbagan Campuses, competed against teams from universities and colleges across the region in a Capture-the-Flag (CTF) ethical hacking tournament.
The team consisted of Lance Eduard Libuna (BSIT 3C) from the Alijis Campus, and Laurence Duma (BSIT 4-1), John Rex Gregorio (BSIT 3-1), and Sandy Solidarios (BSIT 3-1) from the Binalbagan Campus. They were coached by Prof. Jennifer Juaneza.
Libuna also emerged as the regional top scorer, earning him a wildcard slot in the upcoming national finals.
Now in its fifth edition, HackForGov is the annual cybersecurity competition organized by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), with the regional leg hosted by DICT NIR.
The series of challenges covered Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), web application security, network forensics, cryptography, reverse engineering, and other areas of cybersecurity that demand both technical expertise and creative problem-solving.
This year’s theme is “Decoding Youth Innovation, Anchoring One Nation’s Digital Defense.”
