News & Press

January 08, 2008

Second chance – ProtectStar™ to double the prize for the FollyCrack competition

Bradenton, FL, USA & London, UK; January 8, 2008 – ProtectStar™ Inc., the worldwide independent IT and communications security company, has announced that it will double the prize for the FollyCrack security crackers’ competition, bringing the prize value up to USD 10,000.

The company has aimed this competition to young experts with a penchant for mathematics and encryption. FollyCrack is part of the young experts promotion campaign targeting anyone between sixteen and twenty-five years of age.

Originally intended as a Christmas competition, the FollyCrack competition will be extended in response to the high popularity it has received.

More than a thousand visits were recorded on the competition website, www.follycrack.com, before competition kick-off on December 7, 2007.