List of Contestant Writeups

2025

Author	Date	Link
OSINTI4L	November 2025	TraceLabs-CTF-MVO-Write-up-11.25

2024

Author	Date	Link
Selene DeForest	Jan 2024	Search Party CTF with TraceLabs, January 2024
Shandyman	Jan 2024	Leveraging AI in our OSINT CTF Investigations
Jack LaFond	April 2024	Seek, and you shall F!ND - How Team F!ND won our first ever Search Party CTF
0p3nM1nd0SINT	November 2024	How We Went From 27th to 2nd Place at the Trace LabsCTF and Had Fun Along the Way
Shiza Hidayet Khan and Clara Broekaert	November 2024	Trace Labs CTF Search Party: The Bedwarrior's quest to finding missing people

2023

Author	Date	Link
ID Cyber Training UK	April 2023	Finding the Lost: Working Together to Locate Missing People

2022

Author	Date	Link
Chase Matheson	March 2022	OSINT Methodology and Tradecraft: Tips for Winning The Trace Labs Black Badge from Team Federal Bureau oh OH SHINT
acephale	March 2022	Trace Labs 2022.3 CTF Write-Up or How I Failed Gloriously While Still Getting Some Flags
Sarah Williams	August 2022	Trace Labs Search Party CTF from a n00b’s perspective

2021

Author	Date	Link
Matt	Nov 2021	A noobs guide to Trace Labs Search Party CTF
Amanda Zampias	Aug 2021	Trace Labs Defcon Edition CTF 2021 - Silver Badge Winners
White Hat Inspector	Feb 2021	Using OSINT to find missing persons – A Trace Labs Search Party OSINT CTF writeup - Silver Badge Winners

2020

Author	Date	Link
Nerdy & The Brain	Jan 2020	My OSINT CTF Journey - Part 1
Nerdy & The Brain	Jan 2020	My OSINT CTF Journey - Part 2
Nerdy & The Brain	Feb 2020	My OSINT CTF Journey - Part 3
AaronCTI	Aug 2020	Trace Labs Missing Persons CTF IV — Review & Summary
Micah Hoffman	Jan 2020	#OSINTforGood: Using Open-Source Intelligence to Solve Real-World Problems
Amanda Szampias	July 2020	Trace Labs Global Missing Persons CTF V
Amanda Szampias	Aug 2020	Tracelabs Global Missings Person CTF: Defcon Edition Review
Brigada OSINT	Aug 2020	Osint Search Party 8-2020
AaronCTI	Aug 2020	Trace Labs CTF August 2020 – Approach & Methodology
SecBoyUK	Aug 2020	5th Place in TraceLab/SANS OSINT Search Party CTF
Shandyman	Mar 2020	On A Mission – A TraceLabs CTF Missing Persons Writeup
Shandyman	Oct 2020	A Shandy Perspective on OSINT Search Party CTF’s
Francois Mouton	July 2020	Noroff University College excels at Trace Labs CTF
Hxc	July 2020	A Beginners write up to Trace Labs 2020 OSINT CTF for missing persons
Steve Adams	July 2020	A guide to participating in a Trace Labs Global OSINT Search Party CTF
Mattia Vincenzi	Oct 2020	Basic CTF Write-UP by Full_Name

2019

Author	Date	Link
RagSec	July 2019	Trace Labs Global Missing Persons CTF – July 2019
wondersmith_rae	July 2019	Finding Missing People with Trace Labs CTF
TraceLabs	Sept 2019	Tales from DEFCON 27's Missing Persons CTF Winners - Team “W00kies”

List of Coach (Formerly Judge) Writeups

Author	Date	Link
AzuleOnyx	Oct 2019	Trace Labs CTF Judge vs Member
Levitannin	Aug 2020	From the Judge’s Seat: A TraceLabs CTF Recount
Amanda Zampias	Sept 2020	Tracelabs Judge Writeup: SANS and Global Missing Persons CTF September 2020
VEEXH	Oct 2022	What InfoSec Professionals Can Gain From TraceLabs CTF
OSINT Trainee	Jan 2024	My Experience as a Coach during TraceLabs CTF, January 2024

List of OSINT Writeups w/ TraceLabs CTF not mentioned (Not in any specific order)

Author	Date	Link
ex0xploit	Dec 2016	Cybrary - OSINT Investigations