AI Unlocked: Agents of Chaos Challenge

ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to participate in the Contest, you (“Participant”) must: (1) be at least the age of majority in your country, state, province, or jurisdiction of residence at the time of participation; (2) not be a resident of any of the following countries: the Balkans, Belarus, Brazil, Burma, China, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Crimea, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Liberia, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates or Zimbabwe; (3) not be a person or entity under U.S. export controls or sanctions; (4) have access to the Internet as of August 31, 2026; and (5) have a valid mailing address to receive prize payments. Participants agree that if they are designated as a potential winner they will provide any additional information or consents necessary to confirm eligibility as a winner. Participants may not be members of any guild, union or other organization that may prohibit them from participating in this Contest and that would restrict, require due payment or otherwise have the right to oppose such Participant’s participation in this Contest. Directors, officers, employees, interns, contractors, or agents of Sponsor’s competitors, and Sponsor’s distributors, resellers, channel partners, alliance partners, technology partners, and other business partners, as reasonably determined by Sponsor (“Personnel”) of CrowdStrike, Inc., 150 Mathilda Pl, Ste 300, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (“Sponsor”, “we”, or “us”), their subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective advertising, promotion and public relations agencies, representatives, and agents (collectively, “Contest Entities”), immediate family members of such Personnel (parents, siblings, children, spouses, and life partners of each) and members of the households of such Personnel (whether related or not) are ineligible to participate in this Contest. Government officials, government employees, employees of state-owned or state-controlled entities, and public-sector employees whose participation or acceptance of a prize would violate applicable law, regulation, or their employer's ethics or conflict-of-interest policies are also not eligible to participate in this Contest. Failure to provide additional information or consents will be grounds for disqualification, unless prohibited under applicable law. Contest is void in the Balkans, Belarus, Brazil, Burma, China, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Crimea, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Liberia, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan , Syria, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe and where prohibited by law. Sponsor reserves the right to verify participant eligibility, to adjudicate on any dispute at any time, and to disqualify any participant whose participation or receipt of a prize would create legal, regulatory, compliance, security, or reputational concerns for Sponsor, including where Sponsor reasonably believes the participant is affiliated with an organization or activity that is inconsistent with the purpose of the Contest or Sponsor’s security or compliance obligations.

Each Participant must be eligible to participate in this Contest and comply with these Official Rules or the Participant may be disqualified. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, territorial, provincial and local laws. By participating in the Contest, all Participants unconditionally accept and agree to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor which will be final and binding including the Sponsor’s right to verify eligibility, to interpret these Official Rules, and to resolve any disputes relating to this Contest at any time.

PRE-REGISTRATION PERIOD. The pre-registration period begins at 5:00 A.M. Pacific Time (“PT”) on August 5, 2026, and ends at 5:00 P.M. PT on August 31, 2026 (“Registration Period”). Participants must visit here and register and then create an account using either GitHub, Google SSO, or the provided authentication service.

PARTICIPATION PERIOD. The participation period begins at 5:00 P.M. PT on August 31, 2026 and ends at 11:59 P.M. PT on September 29, 2026 (the “Participation Period”). The Participation Period consists of three (3) acts (each, an “Act”) with the following schedule:

Act 1 and Act 2 both open August 31, 2026 at 5:00 P.M. PT. Act 1 closes on September 7, 2026 at 11:59 P.M. PT, and Act 2 closes on September 14, 2026 at 11:59 P.M. PT.

Act 3 opens September 15, 2026 at 12:00 A.M. PT and ends on September 29, 2026 at 11:59 P.M. PT.

Sponsor reserves the right to extend the Participation Period, or any Act's operational period within the Participation Period, if no Participant has successfully completed the applicable challenge sequence for that Act.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE. The Contest will consist of a game that will challenge Participants to leverage prompt injection techniques to get around AI's instructions and reveal a secret code in each of the three (3) acts within the game. Participants will receive a score and can improve it  by re-trying challenges and advancing  through the game. Scores are calculated based on successful task completion and prompt efficiency (tokens used); lower token usage results in higher scores. Current rankings will be visible to all Participants throughout the Participation Period. The Participant with the highest score at the end of the Participation Period will be deemed the winner. To participate, Participants must visit here and register and create an account using their business email address  and complete the multi-factor authentication process. Each Participant may maintain only one (1) active account. While Participants are encouraged to make multiple attempts to improve their scores and to solve the challenges in each level of the game, creating multiple accounts is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification.

To be eligible, all gameplay participation must:

• Be conducted through your registered account
• Be your own original work
• Comply with standard gameplay mechanics
• Not contain content that is obscene, offensive, or could harm Sponsor's reputation

The Contest explicitly encourages creative prompt injection techniques against the AI chatbot as part of intended gameplay. However, Participants are prohibited from:

• Attempting to reverse engineer or attack the scoring system
• Exploiting vulnerabilities in the game platform's backend systems
• Creating multiple accounts or manipulating account data
• Using automated tools or bots to interact with the system
• Attempting to modify or intercept network traffic
• Attempting to access other players' data or accounts

To be clear:

• ALLOWED: Creative prompt injection techniques directed at the AI chatbot, decryption tools, and image manipulation tools.
• NOT ALLOWED: Automation, attacks or exploits targeting the game platform, scoring system, or other technical infrastructure.

Any technical vulnerabilities discovered in the game platform (excluding prompt injection techniques against the AI chatbot) must be reported immediately to contactagentsofchaos@crowdstrike.com. Exploitation of platform vulnerabilities will result in immediate disqualification from the Contest and possible legal action.

All gameplay participation must be in the English language and must be the original creation of the Participant (gameplay participation collectively, a “Submission”).

Participants will have until 11:59 P.M. PT on September 29, 2026 (“Submission Deadline”) to participate and be considered for a prize for Act 3.

Submissions that do not meet the requirements set forth in these Official Rules may be disqualified in our sole discretion. All Submissions that violate any intellectual property, local, state, provincial or federal laws, or violate any Participant’s employer’s policies will be deemed ineligible. Submissions received after the Submission Deadline will not be considered. Sponsor’s servers and clock will be deemed the official clock for the Contest and the Participant’s proof of submission does not constitute proof of our receipt. Contest Entities are not responsible for lost, misdirected, late, incomplete, inaccurate, delayed, garbled or unintelligible Submissions. Submissions will not be returned to the Participants.

Submissions, along with the Participant’s name, may be posted on any website owned and/or operated by Sponsor or any of its affiliates (“Sponsor Site”), Sponsor’s pages on social media web sites, such as Facebook, X, TikTok or Instagram, and any other website or other online point of presence on any platform, through which any products or services available on or through the Sponsor Site are described, syndicated, offered, merchandised or advertised, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor’s decision to post a Submission or any portion of a Submission on any Sponsor Site does not mean that the selected Submission has been selected as a winning Submission.

WINNER DETERMINATION. Within three (3) to five (5) business days following the conclusion of the participation period for each Act, all qualified Submissions received for each Act will be reviewed by a Sponsor panel (the “Sponsor Review Panel”). The Sponsor Review Panel will review all qualified Submissions for verification and compliance with these Official Rules and score Submissions based primarily on token efficiency. The one (1) Act 1 Submission with the highest score will be deemed the potential winner for Act 1. The one (1) Act 2 Submission with the highest score will be deemed the potential winner for Act 2. The one (1) Act 3 Submission with the highest score will be deemed the potential Act 3 Grand Prize winner. In the event of a tie, the Participant who was first to submit their Submission with the tied score in question will be deemed the potential winner of the applicable prize.

Potential winners for each Act will be notified via e-mail on or about October 15, 2026. In the event a potential winner’s Submission is disqualified, a runner-up potential winner will be notified, and must comply with the requirements in these Official Rules. All decisions of the Sponsor Review Panel are final and binding. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to not award all prizes if we do not receive a sufficient quantity of eligible and qualified Submissions.

ACT 1 PRIZE. Winner will receive $10,000 USD, awarded in the form of a check. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of the First Act Prize: $10,000 USD.

ACT 2 PRIZE. Winner will receive $20,000 USD, awarded in the form of a check. ARV of the Second Act  Prize: $20,000 USD.

ACT 3 GRAND PRIZE. Winner will receive $70,000 USD, awarded in the form of a check. ARV of the Grand Prize: $70,000 USD.

GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: Prize will be delivered within thirty (30) days after the winners are confirmed. ALL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH ANY PRIZE ACCEPTANCE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNERS. Prizes awarded will be inclusive of any taxes Sponsor is required by law to withhold as well as applicable sales, use, gross receipts, goods and services, or similar transaction-based taxes. IF TAXES ARE APPLICABLE TO ANY PRIZE, IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICABLE WINNER TO PAY TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. We reserve the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) for an item of comparable or greater value, at our sole discretion. Prizes will be awarded without warranty of any kind from us, express or implied, without limitation. PAYMENTS TO CONTEST WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO THE EXPRESS REQUIREMENT THAT THE WINNERS SUBMIT TO SPONSOR ALL DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED BY SPONSOR TO PERMIT COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TAX REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING REQUIREMENTS. Contest winners are responsible for ensuring that the tax documentation submitted to Sponsor (if any) complies with all applicable tax laws and requirements. If a winner fails to provide the requested documentation or submits incomplete documentation, the applicable prize may be forfeited.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION FOR PARTICIPANTS. Winners may forfeit prize if (1) we are unable to contact them within three (3) business days of first attempted notification, or (2) they fail to respond as required within three (3) business days of the date of notification. Potential winners may be required to provide any additional tax filing information (such as a W-9, social security number, Federal tax ID number, or W8-BEN) within three (3) calendar days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply with these deadlines or with these Official Rules may result in forfeiture of placement as a winner.

RIGHT OF PUBLICITY. By submitting a Submission, each Participant agrees to the publishing of his/her name, city/state/province/country on the Contest website and potential inclusion in a press release and other media coverage if he/she is selected as a winner. Participation in the Contest constitutes permission for us and our affiliates, agencies and designees to use each Participant’s name or likeness, city/state/province/country, and business for advertising and promotional purposes relating to the Contest in any and all media now or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity (or to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law), without additional compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.

TREATMENT OF SUBMISSION. By participating in the Contest, each Participant warrants that they have the authority to provide its Submission to Sponsor, and that its Submission and any other materials or information provided by it in connection with the Contest, including Submission materials (collectively, “Submission Materials”) do not infringe or misappropriate any intellectual or other property right of any other person or entity, including any patent or trade secret. Each Participant understands that his/her Submission Materials are non-confidential and may be made public, in whole or in part. By submitting a Submission, each Participant grants to us and our affiliates an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up, perpetual and royalty-free license to make, use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, create derivative works of all or a portion of the Submission Materials, as well as use the Participant’s name in any promotional materials produced by or for us or our affiliates. Further, each Participant, by submitting a Submission, grants to us or our affiliates an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up, perpetual and royalty-free license to make, use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, create derivative works of, and disclose all or a portion of any Submission Materials in connection with the Contest. The foregoing grants shall be limited for a period of two (2) years for all eligible Submissions (or to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law). The Participants, by these Official Rules, do not grant any other licenses to us or our affiliates under existing or future copyrights or patents. The Participants should be guided by their own attorneys as to the desirability of seeking patents or other protection for their Submission. Each Participant acknowledges that we or our affiliates may currently or in the future be developing information, products, concepts, services, or techniques internally, or receiving information, products, concepts, services, or techniques from other parties, that is similar to or incorporate use of Submission Materials (“Our Developed Materials”). Nothing in these Official Rules will be construed as a representation or agreement that we or our affiliates will not develop or have developed information, products, concepts, systems, services or techniques that are similar to or compete with the products, concepts, systems, services or techniques contemplated by or embodied in any Submission Materials. Each Participant agrees to waive any claims or action he/she has or may have in connection with Our Developed Materials.

USE OF PERSONAL DATA, WAIVER, RELEASE, AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Contest Entities and their Personnel will not enter into any correspondence, including email, with non-winning Participants relating to such Participants’ participation in the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found tampering with the participation process or Submission Materials or otherwise interfering with the proper administration of the Contest or violating these Official Rules.

Sponsor, acting as a Data Controller, will collect and process  the following personal information in this Contest solely for the purposes of administering the Contest, maintaining platform security, fulfilling legal and tax reporting obligations, and verifying a Participant in the event their participation qualifies for a prize: first/last name, age, jurisdiction of residence, business email address . Failure to provide all necessary personal information may result in Participant's participation in the Contest being deemed ineligible. Participant information will not be shared with other individuals or companies without Participants’ express consent or otherwise as permitted by law. Participant information for purposes of this Contest will be deleted by Sponsor within twelve (12) months following the conclusion of the Contest except where longer retention is required by applicable tax or legal obligations. Sponsor is not responsible for any false or missing information. Participants agree that their personal information will be stored and processed by Sponsor in the United States. Participant personal information may also be transferred to countries outside of their jurisdiction of residence, including the United States. Such other countries may not have privacy laws and regulations that provide the same level of protection to those that exist in your jurisdiction of residence. Where required by Applicable Laws, cross-border transfers are conducted using appropriate transfer mechanisms, including standard contractual clauses or equivalent safeguards. By providing personal information in connection with the Contest, Participants hereby expressly consent to such transfers of their personal information to the United States or other countries.

Sponsor processes personal data on the legal bases of: (i) performance of a contract to fulfill these Official Rules and deliver prizes; (ii) legitimate interests for fraud prevention, platform security, and leaderboard maintenance; and (iii) compliance with legal obligations for tax and statutory reporting.

Participants have the right to access, review, rectify, or request erasure of any personal data held by Sponsor by contacting Sponsor at Individual Privacy Right Request Form . Participants also have the right to lodge questions or complaints with a supervisory authority at any time.

Sponsor agrees to ensure that the collection of all personal information complies with (i) all applicable laws, including without limitation, all state and federal laws, corporate standards, policies, regulations, as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (collectively “Applicable Laws”); (ii) the principles, guidelines, rules and codes of conduct of self-regulatory organizations such as the Digital Advertising Alliance, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the Direct Marketing Association, and other self-regulatory organizations to which third parties providing services, platforms, and data are bound, and any required notices and consents; and (iii) privacy disclosures and information collection requirements imposed on advertisers by targeting of media in order to comply with Applicable Laws. Where required by Applicable Laws, Sponsor will deploy appropriate notices and functionality to obtain authorizations and consents as required.

Each Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the relationship between themselves and the Contest Entities is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship, and that the Participant’s decision to provide the Submission to Sponsor for purposes of the Contest does not place the Contest Entities in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to elements of the Submission, other than as set forth in these Official Rules. Each Participant understands and acknowledges that the Contest Entities have wide access to submissions, technology, designs, and other materials, and that new ideas are constantly being submitted to them or being developed by their own employees.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Winners agree (for themselves and their heirs) that, by accepting a prize, the Contest Entities will have no liability, and will be held harmless by the winners for any liability, loss, injury or damage to property or person, including death, and reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in the Contest, even if caused or contributed to by the negligence of any of the Contest Entities. Contest Entities are also not responsible for any unauthorized third party use or dispute with respect to the Submission Materials.

EACH PARTICIPANT ACCEPTS THE CONDITIONS STATED IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE DECISIONS OF THE SPONSOR, WARRANTS THAT HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST, AND AGREES TO RELEASE, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS CONTEST ENTITIES AND THE PERSONNEL OF EACH FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, LIABILITY, AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES) ASSERTED AGAINST ANY OF THEM, INCURRED OR SUSTAINED IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST, USE OF ANY SUBMISSION OR RIGHTS THEREIN OR ANY TRAVEL OR ACTIVITY RELATED THERETO, BREACH OF ANY AGREEMENT OR WARRANTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTEST, INCLUDING THESE OFFICIAL RULES. ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE CONTEST ENTITIES AND EACH OF THEIR LICENSEES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK ANY AND ALL REMEDIES AVAILABLE FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

LIMITATION OF TECHNICAL LIABILITY. Contest Entities are not responsible for transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of Submission Materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive submission information by us on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof. Contest Entities are not responsible for injury or damage to any Participant’s or any other computer resulting from downloading any materials in connection with the Contest.

RIGHT TO TERMINATE CONTEST. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, epidemic, pandemic, an Act of God, fraud, technical failures, discovery of significant system vulnerabilities or exploits, cybersecurity incidents, natural disasters or public emergencies, changes in applicable laws or regulations, or any other causes that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, we may, in our sole discretion, change these Official Rules or cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. If we determine that significant technical issues have compromised the integrity of any Act's participation period, we reserve the right to: (a) restart the affected Act's participation period; (b) adjust scores to account for technical anomalies; (c) extend the affected Act's participation period; or (d) take any other corrective action we deem appropriate, in our sole discretion. If terminated, we may determine the winners from all non-suspect, eligible Submissions received as of the termination date using the winner determination procedure outlined above. We will make reasonable efforts to notify Participants of any material changes through the Contest website and registered email addresses. We may disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the submission process or the operation of the Contest or website; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; or be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person and void all associated Submissions.

CHOICE OF LAW. To the extent permitted by law, this Contest is governed by the laws of the State of California, USA and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Contest must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of California, USA.

WINNERS’ LIST. Visit www.crowdstrike.com for the names of the Contest winners.

SPONSOR. CrowdStrike, Inc., 150 Mathilda Pl, Ste 300, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA.