Holiday Hack Orientation

Difficulty:

Objective

Task description

Meet Lynn Schifano on the train for a warm welcome and get ready for your journey around the Dosis Neighborhood.

Lynn Schifano

Welcome to the 2025 SANS Holiday Hack Challenge! We’re on a train heading… NOT to the North Pole, but instead to The Neighborhood. Your cybersecurity skills are needed there this year! I’m here to help orient you to this year’s exciting challenge.

I'm the Chief of Staff at Counter Hack, making sure the right people are doing the right thing at the right place at the right time -- Herding cats, in other words.

I love sports, especially college basketball. My favorite teams are Monmouth University, Louisville, and Syracuse.

I'm a Queens Girl living my best life at the beautiful Jersey Shore.

I'm a proud Mom of three and Grandma of one (so far!! 🙏).

Hey, think you can give this terminal a try? {=Just click on it and follow the instructions.=}

Solution

The terminal tells us to type "answer" in the upper pane of the terminal, and when we do we complete the challenge.

Answer

Enter "answer" in the terminal as described.

Response

Lynn Schifano

Great work! Please, hop off the train and explore the neighborhood.

We're so glad to have you here!

Oh, one more thing! You can press Q and E to rotate the map around. It gives you a nice semi-3D view of the area - really helps when you need to look around buildings and objects. Pretty neat, right? Give it a spin!