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Hack The Planet artwork cipher
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badge puzzle
A message hidden in the back artwork was encrypted with a Vigenère cipher keyed ClevelandBsides, then ROT13, then reversed, with spaces kept between words; the key is on the badge itself, and the writeup's spoiler gives the plaintext as Hack The Planet.
- Badge
- BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
- Type
- badge puzzle
- Status
- designer-documented easter egg
- Compatibility
- BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge artwork
- Source
- https://github.com/BSidesCLE/Badge-2026/blob/main/badge_writeup.txt
designer writeup
Designer Anthony G.'s notes on the cassette brief, the play and rewind LED patterns, the logic parts, all-SMD construction, UV-printed artwork, PCBWay fabrication and assembly, ChatGPT-generated back artwork, and the easter-egg hints with spoiler.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
license
CC0 1.0 Universal dedication covering the repository's design files and writeup. It does not provide a badge photograph, so no image is published.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
official badge repository
Repository in the BSidesCLE organization, created August 20, 2026 and filled on October 6, 2026 with the attendee and volunteer KiCad projects, custom footprints for the cassette outline, LED rings, and lanyard holes, component libraries, and the designer writeup.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
official call for sessions
Organizer call-for-sessions listing giving the 26 Sep 2026 date, the CWRU venue, and the BSides Cleveland Board of Directors as organizer.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
official event page
Official conference page for September 26, 2026 at the Tinkham Veale University Center, Case Western Reserve University. The October 15, 2026 check found it marked Completed with Tickets Closed and the line Thanks to everyone who spoke, sponsored, volunteered, and attended BSidesCLE 2026. See you next year! It does not mention the badge.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
schematic
KiCad schematic for the attendee play variant with the 74AUP1G14 oscillator, 74AUP1G74 flip-flop, 74HC4017 counter, BAT54C power-up reset network, LEDs, MOSFET, switch, and CR2032 holder.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
schematic
KiCad schematic for the volunteer rewind variant, sharing the oscillator, flip-flop, and counter design without the attendee BAT54C reset network.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
Anthony G. / BSidesCLE GitHub · retrieved 2026-10-15
Primary designer source for the two variants and their play and rewind patterns, the counter, flip-flop, and timer parts, the coin-cell power choice, all-SMD construction, UV silkscreen front and back, PCBWay fabrication and assembly, the ChatGPT-generated back artwork, and the Vigenère, ROT13, and reversal easter egg.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
BSides Cleveland / Sessionize · retrieved 2026-10-15
Organizer-maintained listing corroborating the date, venue, and organizer.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
Security BSides Cleveland · retrieved 2026-10-15
Primary official source for the September 26, 2026 date, the CWRU Tinkham Veale University Center venue, and the post-event Completed status and thank-you that mark the edition completed. It does not mention the badge.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge
Security BSides Cleveland / GitHub · retrieved 2026-10-15
Primary organizer artifact source describing itself as assets and resources related to our 2026 conference badge, with the CC0 attendee and volunteer KiCad designs pushed October 6, 2026. It does not state a production count or describe distribution.
Badge: BSides Cleveland 2026 Cassette Badge