Who we are

pwnthem0le is a Turin-based CTF team, founded in 2018 by a group of students keen on Cybersecurity, after participating in the CyberChallenge.IT at Politecnico di Torino.

What we do

We participate in CTF competitions, both jeopardy and attack-defense style. You can check our progress on CTFTime . In 2022 we helped found about:blankets (CTFTime ), an Italian team composed of the best CTF players, participating in top-level competitions around the world. We host internal talks and open conferences about information security topics, and we collaborate with some departments of our university. We are the organizers of the m0leCon conference and CTF. Most importantly, we keep following our passion: studying, researching, and improving our practical skills in the Cybersecurity world.

Members

Board Members:

Alberto Carboneri (Alberto247)
Andrea Angelo Raineri (Rising)
Matteo Protopapa (matpro)
Matteo Rossi (mr96)
Stefano Alberto (Xato)

Core Members:

Alessandro Pizzorni (Pixel_01)
Davide Garrone (Mrdega)
Gabriele Tarantello (Gabrain24)
Giulio Balestra (iTzVirtual_)
Mario Del Gaudio (hdesk)
Matteo Belluardo (MatteB_01)
Matteo Porta (0000matteo0000)
Matteo Schiff (Matte23)
Mattia Lorenzo Chiabrando (mattiabrandon)
Pimen Flavian Dei (Z3r0n37)
Riccardo Zanotto (Drago)

Members:

Alessio Vannella (Syscall)
Antonio Angelo Polignano (poli)
Daniele Cortesi (Daniele)
Fabio Marchetti (Fabiom)
Filippo Rossi (filippo)
Giacomo Santato (Sant)
Giovanni Minotti (Giotino)
Jiakai Hu (kyooz)
Lorenzo Frohmuller (TagBot)
Lorenzo Sebastiano Mathis (LorenzoSMathis)
Mattia Ricciardi (Mindlaess)
Nima Naderi Ghotbodini (Nima)
Riccardo Azuni (MonelloTremendo)
Sofia Mantellina (Sofi)
Stefano Cuizza (x55xaa)
Vic Dastru (Vic)
Xiaozhen Zhu (brooklyn)

Competitions

Here is a partial list of international competitions we qualified and participated to:

DEFCON CTF Finals 2025 (with team mhackeroni)
snakeCTF Finals 2024
LakeCTF Finals 24-25 (with team about:blankets)
DEFCON CTF Finals 2024 (with team mhackeroni)
LakeCTF Finals 2023 (with team about:blankets)
DEFCON CTF Finals 2023 (with team mhackeroni)
HACK-A-SAT 4 CTF Finals 2023 (with team mhackeroni)
Midnight Sun CTF 2023 Finals (with team about:blankets)
Internet Festival 2023 CTF Finals
RuCTF Finals 2023
Midnight Sun CTF 2022 Finals (with team AngryGabibbo)
LakeCTF Finals 2022
CSAW ESC 2022
HITB PRO CTF 2021
CSAW ESC 2021
CSAW CTF 2021
CSAW ESC 2020
CSAW CTF 2020
CSAW CTF 2019