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Pre-installed clue and badge-to-badge exchange

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BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village Badge attendee-reported

challenge behavior

The same attendee report says each badge arrived with one pre-installed clue and could connect to other badges so participants could exchange clues while solving puzzles, ciphers, games, and hacks.

Badge: BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village Badge
Type: challenge behavior
Status: attendee-reported
Compatibility: BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village Badge
Source: https://www.veritas.com/blogs/part-2-best-sessions-from-bsides-sf-2024

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attendee report

Veritas BSidesSF 2024 HCV attendee report

Secondary attendee report documenting the 2024 electronic HCV badge's screen, joystick, battery or USB-C power, pre-installed clues, and badge-to-badge clue exchange.

Badge: BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village Badge

official schedule archive

BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village

Official BSidesSF 2024 Sched archive source for the Hardware Challenge Village, specially designed HCV badge, electronics tinkering, badge CTF contest, BuddoBot and Hackerwares attribution, and City View at Metreon context.

Badge: BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village Badge

Source trail

Evidence Sources

BSidesSF / Sched · retrieved 2026-05-15

Hardware Challenge Village

Primary official schedule source for the BSidesSF 2024 specially designed HCV badge, electronics tinkering, competitive badge CTF contest, date, venue, and BuddoBot / Hackerwares attribution.

Badge: BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village Badge

Veritas · retrieved 2026-05-15

Part 2: Best sessions from BSides SF 2024

Attendee-report source for the integrated-circuit electronic badge, four-line LED screen, joystick, battery or USB-C power, pre-installed clues, badge connection for clue exchange, and puzzle/cipher/game/hack challenge framing.

Badge: BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village Badge