Teams Battle it out in the Cyber Battle Australia 2026 Grand Final

News

11 September 2026

On Saturday 25 July this year’s Cyber Battle Grand Final was held as a hybrid event across 7 venues with SEEK Headquarters in Melbourne acting as the Grand Final Hub. All venues were live streamed with the welcome, countdown, leaderboard results and award presentations held from the Hub. This was an exciting conclusion to this Capture-The-Flag event held with different stages held between April and July. A special congratulations to the winning team. POG Sled, from Adelaide (SA being successful for a third-year running!) and Coco Chung from NSW who took out both the Best Female and the Top Participant award.

Please see below for the Final Leaderboard results:

Place	Points	Team Name	Location

1	2545	POG SLED	SA
2	2450	CONTROL-ALT-ELITE	WA
3	2375	OXJSR	VIC
4	2360	WHO_HACKED_US	NSW
5	2275	DESIRABLE EMPLOYEES	WA
6	2250	LUNCHWRAPS	NSW
7	2210	FIRST EXPLOIT	SA
8	2185	404 FORBIDDEN	WA
9	2125	LOCAL HOST LEGENDS	SA
10	2000	EVIL GLUE	WA
11	1975	THE O.G CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT	NSW
12	1960	CIM {CYBER}	QLD
13	1935	RIMAE PERITI	VIC
14	1925	SHORTER-CIRCUIT	WA
15	1810	FEDERAL_INFORMANT_SQUAD	ACT
16	1775	KERNEL SENTINEL	NT
17	1765	VUSELESS	VIC
18	1755	TWM	SA
19	1655	GURL_POW3R	WA
20	1475	ANYTHING	NSW
21	1445	UNCERNATORS	QLD
22	1370	CTF {NO_IDEA}	QLD
23	1355	CAVALO	QLD
24	1345	TEAM LEBRON	SA
25	1285	BRUTE FORCE TRAUMA	VIC
26	1175	404 HAMSTER NOT FOUND	SA

Cyber Battle Australia 2026 has demonstrated the value of practical, industry-connected learning in preparing students for careers in cyber security. The program not only strengthened participants’ technical capabilities but also helped build the confidence, professional skills, and industry relationships needed to succeed in an increasingly important sector.

Patrick Kidd OBE OAM, CEO of Future Skills Organisation said; “If we’re serious about addressing cyber skills shortages, we need to do more than talk about the problem. We need to invest in the people who will solve it.”

“Programs like this provide much more than technical training. They build confidence, teamwork, problem-solving capability and professional networks. More importantly, they create an opportunity for employers to engage with emerging talent long before recruitment begins.”

The Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre congratulates all participants, finalists and winning teams on their achievements and thanks the many industry partners, mentors, educators and host venues who contributed to the success of Cyber Battle Australia 2026. Together, they are helping to build the skilled and resilient cyber workforce Australia needs for the future.