About
-> WHOAMI ?
I am Paul Adekunle Ige, known in most places online as Theory.
(Oui, comme la théorie — parce que tout commence par une hypothèse.)
Nigerian. Cybersecurity professional. CTF addict. I graduated from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) with a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Cybersecurity, a five-year programme, finishing with a Second Class Upper and a CGPA of 4.30/5.0. I take the academic side seriously, but what I care about most is the practical work — breaking things, understanding why they broke, and occasionally fixing them before someone else gets there first.
I currently work as a Cybersecurity Analyst, based in Dakar, Senegal, where I get to spend my days doing the kind of work I would have been doing for free anyway. Pas mal, non ?
En vrai, qui aurait pensé qu’un Nigérian allait s’installer au Sénégal pour casser des systèmes légalement ? La vie est vraiment bizarre et magnifique à la fois.
-> CTFs & Competition
I have been playing Capture the Flag competitions since 2022 across every category: web exploitation, binary exploitation, reverse engineering, forensics, OSINT, cryptography, and everything in between. At this point CTFs are less of a hobby and more of a lifestyle. My teammates will confirm this. Reluctantly.
Si tu me cherches un week-end et que je ne réponds pas, c’est soit que je dors, soit qu’il y a un CTF en cours. Probablement un CTF.
Most notably, I compete with team error, representing Nigeria at the ECOWAS Cybersecurity Hackathon. We have placed on the podium every year since we started:
| Year | Result |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 🥈 2nd Place |
| 2023 | 🥉 3rd Place |
| 2024 | 🥉 3rd Place |
| 2026 | 🥇 1st Place |
The 2026 win at the ECOWAS Regional Finals in Accra, Ghana was one of the most satisfying moments of my career so far. On a travaillé dur pour ça, and it showed.
Quatre ans à monter sur le podium sans jamais finir premier. La patience, c’est aussi une compétence.
-> Ce que je fais ici (What I Do Here)
On this blog you will find CTF writeups, machine walkthroughs (HackTheBox, TryHackMe), and occasional posts on real-world security topics. I write to document what I learn and hopefully give back to a community that taught me a lot. If something on here helps you get a flag, that is enough for me.
Ce blog, c’est mon carnet de notes — mais en public. Si tu apprends quelque chose ici, c’est gagné pour tout le monde.
I am always looking to grow, collaborate, and do great things in the cybersecurity space in Africa and beyond. The continent has serious talent. I intend to be part of proving that.
-> Fun Facts
- I am Nigerian, living in Senegal, writing this in English, occasionally thinking in French. C’est compliqué.
- My alias is Theory because every exploit starts as a theory first.
- I once traveled through Togo to get to a CTF competition and ended up sitting in the same airport as two of the teams I would later beat on the podium. Le destin a vraiment de l’humour.
- I have spent more time reading CVEs than novels. No regrets.
Petite confidence : parfois je lis des writeups de CTF avant de dormir comme si c’était des romans. Mon médecin dirait que c’est un problème. Mon équipe dirait que c’est pourquoi on gagne.
-> Contact
- GitHub: 7h30ry
- Twitter/X: @Paul__ige
- Email: igepaul89@gmail.com
N’hésitez pas à me contacter. Je ne mords pas. Sauf si c’est un pentest — là, tout est permis.