Also known as
  • TheNorthernCoalition
  • NorthernCoalition
  • Northern Coalition
  • NC
  • NCoalition
  • NothernCoalition

Academic team

Website: https://northerncoalition.github.io/

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# About
NorthernCoalition was created in November 2016 and is made up mainly of students from different universities across the province of Québec, Canada. The rationale behind the team is to combine the strength of all our members in order to stand out internationally.

# Teams and universities
- CFI-UL — Université Laval
- DCIETS — École de technologie supérieure
- JDIS — Université de Sherbrooke
- AGEEI — Université du Québec à Montréal
- PolyHx — École Polytechnique de Montréal

Participated in CTF events

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
177BYUCTF 20241815.00003.876
PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
218NSSCTF 2nd190.00000.000
776n00bzCTF 2023110.00000.148
PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
115DEADFACE CTF1650.00005.025
443DownUnderCTF 2022 (Online) 650.00001.330
PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
55CyberSecurityRumble CTF524.00003.625
393RITSEC CTF 2021325.00000.000

Overall rating place: 817 with 42.395 pts in 2020

Country place: 10

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
44pbctf 2020438.00002.510
62Crypto CTF 2020222.00001.650
370CTF/TCTF 2020 Quals 1106.000014.687
598Hack-A-Sat Qualifiers16.00000.143
116PlaidCTF 2020551.00009.014
11UTCTF 202015025.000014.392

Overall rating place: 115 with 181.248 pts in 2019

Country place: 2

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
62hxp 36C3 CTF376.00002.951
15justCTF 20192305.000010.829
67TUCTF 20198141.000016.762
61Square CTF 20191150.00004.059
25CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20193201.000026.741
90TokyoWesterns CTF 5th 2019383.000011.155
14Crypto CTF 20191381.00009.151
18CyBRICS CTF Quals 20191217.00009.627
107ISITDTU CTF 2019 Quals610.00001.161
37Google Capture The Flag 2019 (Quals)1341.000030.351
26Facebook CTF 20197542.00009.069
19FAUST CTF 201911885.048515.559
49DEF CON CTF Qualifier 2019939.000015.811
52ASIS CTF Quals 2019549.00007.135
142PlaidCTF 2019361.00006.591
32Midnight Sun CTF 2019 Quals2030.00007.388
22VolgaCTF 2019 Qualifier1550.000014.142
61CONFidence CTF 2019 Teaser301.00003.169
191UCSB iCTF 201957.670020.050
130UTCTF 20191700.00001.727
126TAMUctf 1911027.000018.466
109NeverLAN CTF 20195015.000012.211

Overall rating place: 75 with 196.003 pts in 2018

Country place: 1

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
30035C3 CTF1.00000.357
5CSAW CTF Final Round 20183676.000029.890
45SECCON 2018 Online CTF1854.000011.963
259HITCON CTF 2018150.00002.152
25CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20183601.000020.820
359CODE BLUE CTF 2018 Quals38.00000.310
406CTFZone 2018 Quals1.00000.064
415Meepwn CTF Quals 2018100.00000.301
2Nuit du Hack CTF Finals 201852950.000027.416
153Google Capture The Flag 2018 (Quals)158.00002.272
99DEF CON CTF Qualifier 2018521.00009.533
105PlaidCTF 2018251.00005.207
18ASIS CTF Quals 20181802.000019.966
146STEM CTF: Cyber Challenge 2018250.00000.000
71Blaze CTF 2018840.00003.013
5BSidesSF CTF 20182463.00000.000
13INS'hAck 20182180.000010.313
7Nuit du Hack CTF Quals 20183251.000042.731
33SwampCTF 20183688.00008.833
39N1CTF 20181277.00003.562
98Pragyan CTF 20181200.00002.870
76Xiomara CTF 2018400.00003.397
81TAMUctf 183774.000014.538
42nullcom HackIM 20181200.00004.236
30Insomni'hack teaser 2018458.00007.587

Overall rating place: 74 with 160.821 pts in 2017

Country place: 1

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
10334C3 CTF88.00002.013
63SECCON 2017 Online CTF2300.000011.257
126hxp CTF 2017153.00001.192
236HCTF 201710.00000.127
6DefCamp CTF Finals 20173391.000016.428
56Hack.lu CTF 20171337.000014.947
21Hack Dat Kiwi 20171225.00009.480
3DefCamp CTF Qualification 20172343.000015.223
79CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20172426.00009.603
80Tokyo Westerns CTF 3rd 2017393.00005.267
29h4ckc0n 2017421.00006.787
23HackIT CTF 20171270.00006.420
26HITB CTF Singapore 20172880.00006.491
10SHA2017 CTF2600.000015.507
2bugs_bunny ctf 2k174866.000030.153
11MeePwn CTF 1st 20172748.000010.141
13PoliCTF 20172172.000011.428
39SECUINSIDE CTF Quals 2017608.00002.204
68Trend Micro CTF 2017 - Raimund Genes Cup - Online Qualifier700.00003.428
54Google Capture The Flag 2017 (Quals)944.00004.129
32Security Fest 2017860.00007.021
9WhiteHat Contest 131650.000010.472
61DEF CON CTF Qualifier 2017424.000011.485
77PlaidCTF 2017712.000012.033
68ASIS CTF Quals 2017685.00005.338
43Teaser CONFidence CTF 2017201.00001.036
54Nuit du Hack CTF Quals 2017750.00007.710
990CTF 2017 Quals344.00002.856
41UCSB iCTF 201781161.97461.851
63Xiomara CTF 2017451.00002.205
31Boston Key Party CTF 20171600.000022.361
76BSides San Francisco CTF1452.00005.388
107nullcon HackIM 1000.00000.940
335Codegate 2017 prequals50.00000.549
52BITSCTF 2017260.00005.195
169AlexCTF1340.00009.288
39Insomni'hack teaser 2017600.00004.651

Overall rating place: 340 with 35.600 pts in 2016

Country place: 3

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
55SharifCTF 71458.00009.361
87SECCON 2016 Online CTF900.00004.499
154Juniors CTF 2016900.00000.000
7RC3 CTF 20165940.000017.943
62Qiwi-Infosec CTF-20161800.00003.797

Team members

Team writeups

EventTaskAction
UTCTF 2020Crack the heart [1411]read writeup
CSAW CTF Qualification Round 2018Collusion [500]read writeup
Nuit du Hack CTF Quals 2018WawaCoin [400]read writeup
Insomni'hack teaser 2018FIle Vault [201]read writeup
DefCamp CTF Finals 2017Silent read writeup
DefCamp CTF Finals 2017Security CCTV read writeup
DefCamp CTF Qualification 2017Secure HTTPBin [369]read writeup
PoliCTF 2017Tower [154]read writeup
PoliCTF 2017Open Sesame [379]read writeup
PoliCTF 2017y-turtle [425]read writeup
Boston Key Party CTF 2017sponge [200]read writeup
RC3 CTF 2016Cachet [500]read writeup