Multimedia University beats USM in IT competition

• Three students from Multimedia University (MMU) were declared the winners of this year's F-Secure's National Inter-Varsity IT Security Competition.

Tan Jin Fu, Ong Yi Hao and Soh Chong Hwa or collectively called as "Little Pwnies"  won three branded, high-end Windows 8 laptops worth RM5,000 each, while the first runner-up team (Universiti Sains Malaysia)  received three Android tablets worth RM2,000 each.

Chief research officer of F-Secure Corp., Mikko Hypponen (left) with the Team Little Pwnies and their lecturer.

"As a team, we gave it our best and look forward to venture into the field of IT security in the near future," said Little Pwnies MMU team leader Tan Jin Fu.

The competition was organised by F-Secure in partnership with MDeC (Multimedia Development Corporation) in attempt to develop local talents and encourage more Malaysian undergraduates to venture into the field of IT security through education.

The objective of the competition was to provide opportunities for all full-time IT undergraduates enrolled in all Malaysian public and private universities to participate in a friendly competition during which they were able to apply their academic knowledge and personal interest in the field of IT security.