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Trace Labs OSINT Search Party CTF

Trace labs is a Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting law enforcement by using OSINT to help find missing people.

This means our OSINT CTFs are non-theoretical and are focused entirely on real missing people.

As a participant, there is no better way to improve your OSINT skills than by using them in the real world. All of the intelligence found during the event will be compiled into a report and sent to the law enforcement agency that holds the case report.

Goal of the Competition

Find real missing persons.

Rules of Engagement

Check our Participant Orientation and our Documentation HERE.

Passive Reconnaissance

All Trace Labs contestants are limited to passive reconnaissance. This means you can view but not engage. Zero touch reconnaissance is required in order to avoid interrupting ongoing criminal investigations and causing more trauma to the family. 

Contacting the subject, family of the subject or friends of the subject will result in immediate disqualification (this includes tagging, friending, liking or any other interaction). Basically, performing anything but passive reconnaissance, will result in disqualification. This means you don’t “friend” or comment on any social media related to the subject.‍

Blacklisted Sites

We do not permit the following type of sites to be used as submission sources:

  • News/media
  • Law enforcement
  • Missing persons (includes Missing Persons Facebook pages and WebSleuths).

Read more about the search party rules here.

The biggest point to emphasis is that this is strictly  OSINT/Reconnaissance with zero engagement. This means no commenting, no  liking, no friend requests, no swiping right/left, etc.

    It's a team competition!

    So teams must consist of 1 to 4 members.

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