Hack In The Box
Official publisher of the 2019 Amsterdam archive documenting the 10th-anniversary electronic badge and HITB Badge Village hacking path.
SourceHITBSecConf2019 Amsterdam · Netherlands · 2019
HITBSecConf2019 Amsterdam Badge
10th-anniversary special-edition electronic badge
A conservative official-archive record for HITB's 10th-anniversary Amsterdam electronic badge, documented on the 2019 event page as a special-edition badge with HITB Badge Village reprogramming, secret features, and challenges.
SeriesHack In The Box
LocationDoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station / Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
CountryNetherlands
People
Authors & Credits
Why It Mattered
It closes a follow-on Dutch HITB badge gap after the source-backed 2018 Amsterdam badge, showing that the Netherlands HITB line continued with a 10th-anniversary electronic badge and on-site hacking support.
Hardware
The official event archive confirms a special-edition electronic badge for the 10th anniversary, but this pass did not recover component, schematic, BOM, board-file, chip, or production-run evidence.
Software & Apps
The HITB Badge Village promised help hacking the special-edition badge, expanding functionality, getting started with reprogramming, unlocking secret features, challenges, and more. No stable firmware or source repository was recovered in this pass.
Lore
The badge was part of HITB Haxpo during a future/past-themed anniversary year with lock picking, soldering, AI, car hacking, IoT, SCADA, hardware exhibits, Blackhoodie, CTFs, and a self-racing car challenge.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
badge challenge surface
source-backed
Badge Village reprogramming and challenges
HITB invited attendees to learn how to hack the badge, expand its functionality, get started reprogramming, and unlock secret features, challenges, and more.
Source
event badge framing
source-backed
10th-anniversary special-edition badge
The official archive says there would be a special-edition electronic badge for the 10th year anniversary of HITB in the Netherlands.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
distribution scope caveat
note
The event archive proves an anniversary electronic badge and Badge Village, but does not expose attendee eligibility, public sale terms, or production quantity in this pass.
The record avoids implying universal attendee distribution or a known production run.
- Confidence
- official source but incomplete
- Status
- documented source limitation
- Timeframe
- May 2019 event
- Source note
- HITBSecConf2019 Amsterdam archive.
hardware archive gap
note
The official archive confirms a special-edition electronic badge and Badge Village hacking path, but this pass did not recover component list, schematic, BOM, board files, exact chip, production count, or firmware repository.
The dossier records the verified anniversary-badge context while avoiding unsupported component-level claims.
- Confidence
- official source but incomplete
- Status
- needs deeper archive recovery
- Timeframe
- 2019 badge archive pass
- Source note
- HITBSecConf2019 Amsterdam archive.
missing rights-cleared image
note
No local HITBSecConf2019 Amsterdam badge photo has been added because official archive imagery has not been paired with a reusable image license, attribution, and processing notes for publication.
The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event imagery, screenshots, social-media photos, or generated placeholder art.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- badge.gallery image policy and HITB 2019 Amsterdam archive.
Resources
HITB Amsterdam 2019 venue
venue page · Official venue page documenting Hilton DoubleTree training location and Beurs van Berlage conference / HITB Haxpo exhibition location.
HITBSecConf2019 Amsterdam archive
event page · Official event archive for May 6-10, 2019 dates, 10th annual Netherlands conference framing, HITB Haxpo, Badge Village, and special-edition electronic badge context.