Toulouse Hacking Convention

We are currently organising the 2027 edition

Presentation

The Toulouse Hacking Convention (or THCon) is a cybersecurity conference that brings together hobbyists, professionals and researchers!

Since its inception in 2017, the THCon was held every year in Toulouse, France. Today, it is an unmissable cybersecurity event in Occitania, and beyond.

Who are we?

Behind the THCon stands a team of security enthusiasts, investing their energy together to create a major cybersecurity event, open to everyone.

Our team is made of professionals, students and researchers from all over France, willing to share their knowledge with others.

Interested in joining the adventure? Please contact us, we would be very happy to hear from you!

INCREASINGLY POPULAR

2017

Start of the adventure thanks to a team of cybersecurity enthusiasts

2O18

300 participants

2022

1 800 international participants

2026

A hybrid face-to-face and remote conference to accommodate even more people.

The 2027 edition

Coming soon

RUMPS

Coming soon

The CTF

Like the four previous editions, we will again organize a "Capture The Flag".

In that competition, players have to put their hacking skills into practice to solve cybersecurity challenges, like exploiting a flaw in a website, extracting data embedded in a memory image, finding vulnerabilities in an encryption protocol and much more… The resolution of each challenge gives you a "flag", a password needed to win points. The goal, as you might have guessed, is simply to score as many points as possible.

The participants are expected to bring their own computers and headsets. Should some specific material be required for a challenge, this will be provided by the organizers.

If you love lore in CTFs you are in for a treat. In the meantime if this year's storyline has not been announced, be sure to check the previous year's lore.

INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE

In the last few editions, the CTF in hybrid face-to-face and distance learning format has captivated passionate and professional participants from all over the world!

600+

participants

12

countries

4

continents

This is partly due to the sponsorship of two international cybersecurity challenge platforms :

Prizes

There will be two leaderboards : one for the remote teams and one for the on-site teams and prizes for each leaderboards. The winning teams will win fancy prizes such as hacker equipment, t-shirts and many other surprises!

Creation of challenges

In addition, if you want to contribute by working with us to provide new challenges, we would be pleased to hear from you. We have written some details there on our expectations. You can also contact us by email: contact@thcon.fr. Please be aware that if you submit a challenge you will not be able to compete in the CTF (but you can still play of course, you just can't win prizes!).