WindHackers is an open innovation hub and community based in Latvia, founded in 2019, focused on organizing hackathons, workshops, and networking events to foster creativity and entrepreneurship among innovators and entrepreneurs. The website showcases multiple events in fintech, energy, mobility, and media sectors, targeting a global audience of developers, designers, and industry experts. Technically, the site is built on the Tilda CMS platform, using standard web technologies and tracking tools such as Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and HubSpot. While the site is well-designed, mobile-optimized, and professionally branded, it lacks explicit privacy and cookie policies, as well as security headers and incident response information. The domain registration is consistent and transparent, with no privacy protection and appropriate domain age for the business history. Overall, the website demonstrates moderate digital maturity and business credibility but requires improvements in privacy compliance and security posture.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
Not visible from outside
This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.
GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.
Priority findings
4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
Security headers
Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.
High
Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
Forces HTTPS connections
What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
This scan found 24 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
Daily monitoring
Recommended
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.
Results by check
Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.
How this score is calculated
The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.
Counted in this score
SSL/TLS
62
Security headers
30
Email security
75
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
69
Not counted
NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.
Findings that cap the score at 49
Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.
The certificate is not trusted by browsers
The website is not served over HTTPS
A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
The page loads a script from a compromised source
The domain registration has expired
SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain
Partial scans
When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.
Risk levels
Critical0–25
High26–49
Medium50–75
Low76–100
Breach exposure
Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.
Dark web exposure
Add-on
Leaked records that mention windhackers.com, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for windhackers.com right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
WindHackers operates as a community-driven innovation hub, leveraging partnerships with event platforms like allhackathons.com and hosting international hackathons such as Open FinHack and RobotHack. Its business model centers on community engagement and event organization, targeting innovators and entrepreneurs in technology and finance sectors. The presence of mentors and experts from banking, technology, and municipal sectors indicates a strong partnership ecosystem. The company maintains active social media channels to engage its audience. Growth indicators include recurring annual events and expanding project portfolios. However, the lack of explicit business contact details and privacy policies may limit trust among privacy-conscious users.
Security posture
The website enforces HTTPS and domain-level protections such as clientDeleteProhibited status, indicating basic domain security hygiene. However, it lacks DNSSEC, security headers (e.g., CSP, HSTS), and published security policies or incident response contacts. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are present. The use of third-party tracking and marketing tools without visible consent mechanisms raises privacy compliance concerns. The absence of explicit contact emails or phone numbers for security or abuse reporting reduces incident response readiness. Overall, the security posture is moderate but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory compliance.
Recommendations
Enable DNSSEC to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
Implement standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance statements.
Add a security policy page and provide incident response contact channels (e.g., security@windhackers.com).
Introduce a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
WindHackers
Description
WindHackers is an open innovation community and hub for innovators and entrepreneurs to share, learn, and create. It organizes hackathons, workshops, boot camps, and networking events to foster creativity and entrepreneurship.
jQuery 1.10.2, Tilda platform scripts, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, HubSpot scripts, Mautic tracking
Frameworks
Tilda CMS
Platforms
Tilda
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enabled
Domain status includes clientDeleteProhibited and other EPP protections
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Analytics, HubSpot Analytics, Facebook Pixel
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor
Advertising
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, HubSpot
Marketing tools
HubSpot, Mautic
Transparency
basic
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate
Key observations
Website is an innovation hub focused on hackathons and community events.
No explicit privacy or cookie policies found on the main page content.
Multiple social media channels linked and active.
Uses Tilda CMS platform with standard scripts and tracking tools.
No DNSSEC enabled, which is a security improvement opportunity.
No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information.
Contact primarily via subscription form; no explicit email or phone contacts found.
Good branding consistency and professional design.
Moderate use of tracking and marketing tools without explicit consent mechanisms.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on the Tilda CMS platform, utilizing jQuery 1.10.2 and various Tilda scripts for animations, forms, and UI components. It integrates marketing and analytics tools including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, HubSpot, and Mautic. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and uses prefetching for CDN resources to improve performance. Hosting is via GoDaddy.com, LLC as per WHOIS data. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in accessibility and SEO. The absence of DNSSEC and security headers indicates technical debt in security configuration. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business model but can be modernized and hardened for better security and compliance.
Standards and sources
Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.
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