"WE MEAN IT!"

Society has been disrupted by a ransomware attack. Important critical infrastructure in and outside the Netherlands suffers a blackout and is barely functioning. Travelers stranded in public transport, online payments are stalled and supermarkets cannot be supplied. The cyberattack is still on-going. The ransomware is spreading.

You are part of the Dutch law enforcement agency that wants to find out what exactly happened and who are behind this cyberattack. Can you track down and capture the criminals?

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Game instructions

This escape room has been developed to familiarize players with the principles of semantic web technology, linked data and ontologies. The theme of the escape room is the dark web. Players are part of the investigation team that, throughout the game, learns about semantic web technology and tries to apply the techniques learned. This means that the focus of the escape room is not only on tracing the criminals, but that large part of the game is spent on how information is stored in systems and exchanged between parties, and on applying the lessons learned.

Total playing time: 1-4 hours (dependent on expertise, speed and puzzle skills)

Pay attention! The identities, personal data, web addresses, photos and bitcoin transactions used are made up for this escape room. The web and mail addresses do not exist on the real internet.

Contact

This escape room has been developed in the DarkTools project carried out by TNO in 2021. For questions, suggestions or reporting bugs, contact Robin de Veer via