Italy fields one of the most competitive ethical hacker pools in Europe on HackerDNA. 136 Italian ethical hackers are currently ranked, with barbarika at the top on 8640 XP. ezio134 (3750 XP) and lelettrone (1150 XP) complete a podium that shifts almost weekly. The Italian board is recalculated daily - last updated Jun 13, 2026.
13 Jun 2026 • Updated Hourly
| Rank | User | Country | XP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
🥇
Global #21
|
Master
|
Italy
|
8640 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
|
2
🥈
Global #44
|
Senior
|
Italy
|
3750 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
3
🥉
Global #170
|
Junior
|
Italy
|
1150 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
4
Global #207
|
Junior
|
Italy
|
950 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
5
Global #246
|
Junior
|
Italy
|
850 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
6
Global #330
|
Junior
|
Italy
|
751 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
7
Global #393
|
Junior
|
Italy
|
651 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
8
Global #401
|
Junior
|
Italy
|
650 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
9
Global #401
|
Junior
|
Italy
|
650 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
10
Global #485
|
Junior
|
Italy
|
550 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
11
Global #524
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
500 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
12
Global #524
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
13
Global #735
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
350 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
14
Global #735
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
350 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
15
Global #916
|
sigluca
🔥
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
300 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
16
Global #1060
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
255 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
17
Global #1273
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
18
Global #1273
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
19
Global #1273
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
20
Global #1273
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
21
Global #1273
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
22
Global #1273
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
23
Global #1273
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
24
Global #1781
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
151 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
25
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
26
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
27
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
28
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
29
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
30
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
31
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
32
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
33
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
34
Global #1801
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
35
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
36
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
37
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
38
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
39
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
40
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
41
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
42
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
43
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
44
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
45
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
46
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
47
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
48
Global #2646
|
Apprentice
|
Italy
|
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
49
Global #3407
|
Rookie
|
Italy
|
50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
50
Global #3407
|
Rookie
|
Italy
|
50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
barbarika currently leads the Italian board with 8640 XP. ezio134 holds second on 3750, and lelettrone sits in third on 1150. Italy's top five is historically one of the tightest in Europe, and a single hard lab often changes the order.
Italy's CTF scene has punched far above its weight for years. mHackeroni, a collective formed from several Italian university CTF teams, has qualified for DEF CON CTF finals in Las Vegas multiple times - one of very few European groups to do so consistently. That pedigree shapes the Italian HackerDNA board: players arrive with strong fundamentals in both offensive and defensive categories, and they tend to grind challenges the way a CTF team drills practice sets.
Unlike some European pools that lean heavily toward one category, Italian players tend to spread across the board with notable depth in web exploitation and binary pwn. Part of that is the mHackeroni influence, which historically fielded strong players in every category. Part of it is the local job market: Italian offensive security consultancies are active and well-regarded in Europe, and the career path rewards breadth over specialisation.
Most ranked Italian players trace back to four universities: Politecnico di Milano, the University of Pisa, Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Padua. Teams like TOWER of Hanoi and pwnthem0le have turned those campuses into steady feeders. The annual m0leCon conference in Turin is the main community gathering and often marks a bump in Italian sign-ups each spring. CSIRT Italia rounds out the national picture on the professional side.
Italy's top twenty is tight enough that consistency beats heroics. The fastest climbers on the Italian board tend to combine weekly web and pwn labs with an occasional hard reversing challenge to break ties. Watch the gap between ezio134 and lelettrone - it is usually narrow enough that a single clean lab solve moves a player into the top three. The daily recompute keeps the pressure on.
barbarika currently holds Italy's #1 position with 8640 XP, ahead of ezio134 (3750) and lelettrone (1150).
136 Italian players are currently ranked, one of the larger European contingents on the platform.
mHackeroni is a collective of several Italian university CTF teams that has qualified for DEF CON CTF finals multiple times. It set the tone for how Italian players approach competitive security.
Politecnico di Milano, the University of Pisa, Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Padua account for most top-ranked Italian players.
Daily. XP is recalculated every night and the last update was Jun 13, 2026.
Italian players tend to cover categories broadly but show particular depth in web exploitation and binary pwn, reflecting the mHackeroni training tradition.
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