🏴☠️ Kyle’s challenge: Neighborhood Watch Bypass
🗺️ Location: The Neighborhood - Area: City. Coordinates: 61, 38
Dialogue before solving the challenge
If you spot a fire, let me know! I’m Kyle, and I’ve been around the Holiday Hack Challenge scene for years as arnydo - picked up multiple Super Honorable Mentions along the way.
When I’m not fighting fires or hunting vulnerabilities, you’ll find me on a unicycle or juggling - I once showed up a professional clown with his own clubs!
My family and I love exploring those East Tennessee mountains, and honestly, geocaching teaches you a lot about finding hidden things - useful in both firefighting and hacking.
Anyway, I could use some help here. This fire alarm keeps going nuts but there’s no fire. I checked.
I think someone has locked us out of the system. Can you see if you can get back in?
Dialogue after solving the challenge
Wow! Thank you so much! I didn’t realize sudo was so powerful. Especially when misconfigured. Who knew a simple privilege escalation could unlock the whole fire safety system?
Now… will you sudo make me a sandwich?
Dialogue after completing HHC2025
All clear! You contained every incident, silenced the false alarms, and kept the neighborhood safe — that’s firefighter-grade heroics!