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What Is the New National Computer Challenge? 🖥️

The country's Army, together with a safety group, has started a national hackathon called Terrier Cyber Quest 2026. 🖥️

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Organised by the Territorial Army and CyberPeace.

Three competition tracks: bug hunting, Artificial Intelligence defence, and digital storytelling.

Online qualification runs 1‑10 September; final event 6‑8 October in New Delhi.

Goal is to develop home‑grown solutions for national security and cyber safety.

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The event invites students, researchers, and tech workers to create tools for protecting digital systems.

Participants can join three tracks: finding hidden bugs, building Artificial Intelligence defenses, and creating awareness videos about online scams.

The competition begins with an online test in early September, and the top teams will compete in New Delhi in October.

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Territorial Army

A part of the country's military that helps in emergencies.

CyberPeace

A group that works to keep the internet safe.

Hackathon

A big event where people work together to create new computer programs.

Defence

Protecting a country from danger.

Artificial Intelligence

Computer programs that can think and learn like a brain.

Vulnerabilities

Weak spots in computer systems that can be broken into.

Critical infrastructure

Important services like power or water that a country needs.

Deepfakes

Fake videos that look real but are made by computers.

Phishing

Tricks that try to steal personal information online.

Anomaly detection

Finding things that are different from normal.

Indigenous

Made inside the country.

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