About me

Hello, my name is Dragoș (/ˈdraɡoʃ/).

Since 2026 I've cofounded aisafe.io, a startup in Romania doing AI-powered source code audits and pentests. The goal is to take what we've learned from years of CTFs and bug bounty and get an audit to the point where it's about as good as what we would have done by hand a few years ago, at affordable prices.

I'm optimistic about what AI can do here, and I care about both sides of it: using AI to find vulnerabilities, and the security of AI systems themselves.

I'm mostly retired from CTFs at this point, but I had a great time and I'm grateful for it. Nearly everything below happened alongside my awesome team, WreckTheLine, and it took me to places I would never have seen otherwise and introduced me to some genuinely awesome people. Outside of work I play the guitar and video games, travel whenever I can, and I'm always up for karaoke. I also really like cats.

If you want to talk about any of this, or just say hi, you can find me at adragos [@] protonmail.com

Achievements

A mix of CTFs, Hackathons, Bug Bounties and Olympiads

2026

🏁 Qualified for Google CTF Finals (Hackceler8)
🏆 1st place International Cybersecurity Challenge @ Team Europe 🇪🇺 - Brisbane 🇦🇺 (Coach)
🥇 1st place Fetch the Flag CTF 2026 (Snyk & NahamSec)

2025

🥇 1st place Capture the Flag România: Cybersecurity Grand Prix 2025 🇷🇴 (Bitdefender)
🐙 2nd place (Artificial Intelligence track) - The 8th "Qiangwang" International Elite Challenge on Cyber Mimic Defense - Nanjing 🇨🇳
🏆 1st place International Cybersecurity Challenge @ Team Europe 🇪🇺 - Tokyo 🇯🇵 (Vice Captain)
🥈 2nd place Google CTF Finals Hackceler8
🏁 4th place Google CTF 2025
🥇 1st Universal Jailbreak in Anthropic's Constitutional Classifier bug bounty program
🥇 1st place LakeCTF 2025
🥉 3rd place DiceCTF 2025 Quals
🥈 2nd place m0leCon CTF 2025

2024

🐛 #25 Meta Bug Bounty leaderboard
🥇 1st place Mine the matrix @ Bending Spoons
🎩 5th place BlackHat MEA CTF Final 2024
🐙 Cyber Excellence Award (Cloud & WhiteBox Jeopardy) - The 7th "Qiangwang" International Elite Challenge on Cyber Mimic Defense
🏆 1st place International Cybersecurity Challenge @ Team Europe 🇪🇺 - Santiago 🇨🇱 (Vice Captain)
🥈 2nd place Google CTF Finals Hackceler8
🇷🇴 8th place European Cyber Security Challenge (Team Captain)
🥈 2nd place Red Team CTF @ DEF CON 32 ☠️
🥉 3rd place Google CTF 2024
🇸🇪 4th place Midnight Sun CTF 2024 Finals
🥇 1st place RoCSC finals 🇷🇴 (1st place Jeopardy, 1st place A/D)
🥉 3rd place openECSC 2024 Round 2
🥉 3rd place Midnight Sun CTF 2024 Quals
🥈 2nd place openECSC 2024 Round 1
🌐 6th place Line CTF 2024 (cleared all web challs)
🥇 1st place RoCSC Qualifiers 🇷🇴 (online)
🏆 1st place Attack, 3rd place Defense @ LLM CTF - SaTML 2024
🐉 7th place Real World CTF

2023

🐛 #11 Meta Bug Bounty leaderboard
🚩 8th place on CTFtime.org leaderboard with team WreckTheLine
🎄 5th place ASIS CTF Finals 2023
🥉 3rd place saarCTF 2023
🇷🇴 8th place European Cyber Security Challenge (Team Captain)
🥇 1st place Reply Cyber Security Challenge 2023
🇯🇵 5th place Google CTF Finals (Hackceler8)
🥇 1st place CyberSecurityRumble CTF Finals 🇩🇪
🥇 1st place Midnight Sun CTF Finals 🇸🇪
🥇 1st place Red Team CTF @ DEF CON 31 ☠️
🏆 1st place International Cybersecurity Challenge @ Team Europe 🇪🇺
🇪🇺 Member of Team Europe @ IC3 - San Diego 🇺🇸
🥇 1st place RoCSC Finals 🇷🇴 (1st place A/D, 1st place Jeopardy)
🏁 5th place Google CTF - Qualified for Hackceler8
🥉 3rd place PwnMe Finals
🥇 1st place RoCSC Qualifiers 🇷🇴 (online)
🥉 3rd place PwnMe Quals
🥇 1st place Midnight Sun CTF 2023 Quals
🇨🇭 5th place Insomni'hack Finals 2023
🥇 1st place Nullcon Berlin HackIM 2023 CTF 🇩🇪
💀 6th place Insomni'hack teaser 2023
🐉 7th place Real World CTF

2022

🐛 #16 Meta Bug Bounty leaderboard
🥇 1st place NahamCon EU 2022 CTF
🥇 1st place Hacker Things CTF 2022
🥇 1st place DefCamp CTF Finals
🥇 1st place Reply Cyber Security Challenge 2022
🥈 2nd place Orange Break The Bank
🥈 2nd place DefCamp CTF Qualifiers
🇷🇴 8th place European Cyber Security Challenge 2022
🇷🇴 Member of Team Romania @ European Cyber Security Challenge
☠️ 8th place DEFCON CTF Finals
🥇 1st place RoCSC Finals 🇷🇴
🥇 1st place RoCSC Qualifiers 🇷🇴 (online)
🏆 1st place International Cybersecurity Challenge @ Team Europe 🇪🇺
☠️ 6th place DEFCON CTF Qualifiers
🇪🇺 Member of Team Europe @ International Cybersecurity Challenge - Athens 🇬🇷
🥇 1st place Securinets CTF Finals 2022
🇸🇬 Qualified for BountyCon in Singapore
🥈 2nd place Meta BountyConEDU
🥇 1st place ACS IXIA CTF 2022
🥉 3rd place Securinets CTF Quals 2022
🥇 1st place RSTCon CTF #2
🥇 1st place Intigriti 1337UP LIVE CTF
🥇 1st place DefCamp CTF 21-22

2021

☠️ 8th place DEFCON CTF Finals
🥈 2nd place Google CTF Finals (Hackceler8)
🥉 3rd place CSAW CTF Finals (Europe)
🥈 2nd place Reply Cyber CTF
☠️ 6th place DEFCON CTF Qualifiers
🇸🇪 Midnight Sun CTF Finalist
🥇 1st place RoCSC Finals 🇷🇴
🇷🇴 Member of Team Romania @ European Cyber Security Challenge

2020

🥈 2nd place CSAW CTF Finals (Europe)
🥈 2nd place DefCamp CTF
🥇 1st place SmartHack - Autodesk
🥈 2nd place Reply Cyber CTF
🥈 2nd place NahamCon CTF
🥇 1st place FireShell CTF
🥇 1st place RoCSC Finals 🇷🇴
🥈 2nd place CDDC Cyber Defenders Discovery Camp - DSTA
🇷🇴 No ECSC in 2020

2019

🏆 European Cyber Security Challenge champion 🇷🇴
🇷🇴 Member of Team Romania @ European Cyber Security Challenge
🥇 1st place ECSC Qualifiers 🇷🇴
🥇 1st place X-MAS CTF
🥇 1st place redpwn CTF
🥇 1st place WPICTF
🥇 1st place UTCTF
🔵 8th place Facebook CTF
🥉 3rd place DefCamp CTF
🥉 3rd place CDDC Cyber Defenders Discovery Camp - DSTA
🥇 1st place EmiaHacks CTF
🥇 1st place SmartHack - ING Tech Romania
🏅 Hall of Fame - FireEye Flare-On

2018

🏅 4th place DefCamp CTF
🥇 1st place BSides Bucharest
🥇 1st place Brainsvault.ro
🥉 3rd place Accenture CTF
🥇 1st place ECSC Qualifiers 🇷🇴
🇷🇴 Member of Team Romania @ European Cyber Security Challenge
🥇 1st place Timisoara CTF
🥇 Gold Medal, National Olympiad of Information Technology - C#

Map

A map of places I've been able to go to just because of CTF competitions

Places colored in magenta are places that we qualified for, but couldn't go to (mostly because of the pandemic)