This hackathon challenges participants to present a solution that enhances, or overcomes policy blockers to effective public-private collaboration in the fight against counterfeiting. Learn more about the hackathon results here.
Second place and $15,000 went to Team Nimbus, which included three college freshmen (two from George Mason and one from the University of Virginia) who proposed developing a Chrome extension to prevent the consumption of counterfeit medicine by focusing on counterfeit pharmacies.
Mason’s Criminal Investigations Network and Analysis Center sponsored a special $10,000 prize to fund follow-up research by A-Capp Team #1, which proposed producing a central database to help law enforcement and private businesses track individuals and factories that manufacture or sell counterfeit items.