The municipality of The Hague in The Netherlands allows itself to be hacked every year during Hâck The Hague. A hacking competition organized by the municipality, together with cybersecurity company Cybersprint. On Monday, September 27, 2021, 200 ethical hackers from the Netherlands and abroad will once again try to detect vulnerabilities in the digital infrastructure of the municipality and its suppliers. With this competition, The Hague wants to increase its resilience and stimulate its suppliers to continuously be in top digital condition, so that peace and security can be guaranteed.  

Selected hackers may attempt to break into the municipal digital systems and those of its suppliers on 27 September 2021. To ensure fair-play, all participating hackers agree in advance to report the vulnerabilities they find in a dedicated portal, to provide evidence of what they found, how they found it, and how it could be solved, and to not make them public. These conditions are in line with the Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure of the municipality. Both professional hackers and students are welcome to give it a try.