Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The challenge required collecting musical faceplate measures across multiple badge colors and using the combined melody to unlock later phone, URL, and friend-code stages.
Badge context
Kybr raw writeup source for nine badge variants, musical measures, Peer Gynt unlock, phone and friend challenge structure, hidden faceplate numbers, and final handoff context.
InfoconDB source for DEF CON 30 event metadata and official conference links.
Official DEF CON archive source for August 11-14, 2022 venue context, Hacker Homecoming framing, media archive links, and magical mystery musical badge talk notice.
Red Balloon Security source for playable synthesizer behavior, Raspberry Pi Pico-driven badge description, speaker/screen/buttons, BOOTSEL/picotool workflow, and firmware modification.
FaultPoint source for RP2 B2/RP2040 and W25Q16JV identification, SPI flash extraction, XIP firmware analysis, and challenge key-combo decoding.
DEF CON forum source for boot key-test mode, mass-storage firmware behavior, picotool dumping, connector observations, and early badge-hacking discussion.
InfoconDB talk record proving The Dark Tangent and MK Factor badge-maker presentation, date, presenters, and official badge-making context.
Source trail
Official event archive source for DEF CON 30 timing, venues, Hacker Homecoming context, badge-talk video notice, and media archive pointers.
Official forum source for boot mode, mass-storage firmware loading, picotool dumping, connector observations, and attendee badge-hacking notes.
Technical source for RP2 B2/RP2040 and W25Q16JV hardware identification, chip-off extraction, XIP firmware analysis, and keyboard-combo decoding.
Event metadata source for DEF CON 30 dates, conference context, and official DEF CON links.
Talk metadata source for MK Factor and Dark Tangent presenter attribution and official DEF CON 30 badge-making presentation context.
Challenge source for badge variants, musical-measure collection, Peer Gynt unlock, phone/friend challenge branches, hidden faceplate numbers, and final solution handoff.
Technical source for Raspberry Pi Pico-driven badge behavior, synthesizer, screen, speaker, BOOTSEL/picotool workflow, and OFRAK firmware modification.