Hacker Con Badges

MNSEC 2026 · Mongolia · 2026

MNSEC 2026 Event Badge

ESP32-C3 Wi-Fi stamp-passport badge for MNSEC13

An MNSEC 2026 (MNSEC13) event badge documented through a user-guide deck and front and back board renders uploaded on September 28, 2026 by the Beelog maintainer of the MNSEC 2025 badge archive. The guide, headed MN CERT/CC 2026, describes a badge that joins the MNSEC Badge Cloud over event Wi-Fi, shows booth stamps, a contact card, and badge status, and reacts with light, sound, and vibration; its Stamp Passport collects stamps from 14 sponsor booths for a prize draw.

MNSEC MNCERT/CC Beelog Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Electronic Badge ESP32-C3 Wi-Fi Stamp Passport Vibration Motor Security Conference Asia No Image
EventMNSEC 2026
SeriesMNSEC
LocationShangri-La Ulaanbaatar, 19 Olympic Street, Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
CountryMongolia

People

Authors & Credits

badge designer and assembler

Beelog

The back render silkscreen reads Designed, assembled in Mongolia by Beelog, and the repository is maintained by the same account that published the MNSEC 2025 Beelog badge archive.

Source

event organizer and badge commissioner

MNCERT/CC

Organizer of MNSEC 2026 per the official site; the user guide is headed MN CERT/CC 2026 and the badge front carries the MNCERT/CC mark.

Source

Why It Mattered

It continues the Mongolian MNSEC badge lineage into a second consecutive electronic-badge year from the same builder, adding a networked booth-stamp mechanic that ties the badge to the sponsor floor, while keeping the unconfirmed event wrap-up and attendee handoff explicit.

Hardware

The user guide lists a power switch, two RGB LEDs, a vibration motor, a buzzer, a 5-way joystick, and two buttons (A for yes, B for no), plus a screen. The front render shows an ESP32-C3 SuperMini-style module with USB-C, a rectangular display, and an MNSEC 2026 Cybersecurity Conference silkscreen with an MNCERT/CC mark and an ХҮМҮН label; the back render shows a two-pin connector and a Designed, assembled in Mongolia by Beelog credit. Unlike the 2025 archive, no schematic, Gerber, BOM, production count, or variant list was published.

Software & Apps

The guide describes a startup sequence that joins event Wi-Fi, a joystick-driven home screen with Stamp Passport, Info, Name Card, and Tamagotchi / Game destinations, and staff-applied booth stamps keyed to the attendee's registered phone number, with LED, buzzer, and vibration feedback and a 14-stamp prize-draw threshold. No firmware, Badge Cloud server source, or API documentation was published.

Lore

MNCERT/CC organized MNSEC 2026, the thirteenth edition, on September 24, 2026 at the Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar under the Security Beyond Human Scale theme, with Haruul Zangi as Mongolia's national CTF final. The badge back carries a horseman silhouette and a verse ending Mongolia's shield in the endless night. The official site still read pre-event on September 29, 2026, so the record documents the badge design and user guide without asserting distribution.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge game mechanic documented in user guide

14-booth Stamp Passport

Staff at 14 sponsor booths stamp the badge using the attendee's registered phone number; the badge responds with LEDs, buzzer, and vibration, and collecting all 14 stamps enters the prize draw.

Compatibility: MNSEC 2026 event badge on the event Wi-Fi Badge Cloud; prize, winners, and on-site operation are not documented.

Source
network service documented in user guide

MNSEC Badge Cloud Wi-Fi link

The guide says the badge joins the MNSEC Badge Cloud over event Wi-Fi at startup and shows booth stamps, a contact card, and badge status.

Compatibility: Event-network dependent; no server source, API, or post-event availability is documented.

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

design-file and licence gap note

Unlike the BSD 2-Clause MNSEC2025BADGE archive, the 2026 repository contains only a user-guide PDF and two renders, with no licence, schematic, Gerber, BOM, or firmware; the module and display identification comes from the render silkscreen rather than a parts list.

Hardware claims stay at the level visible in the guide and renders, and the 2025 licence is not carried over to the 2026 material.

Confidence
repository contents
Status
documentation-only archive
Timeframe
September 28, 2026 upload
Source note
helicopteresdc MNSEC2026BADGE repository file listing, checked 2026-09-29.
issuance and completion gap note

The official MNSEC site still read pre-event on September 29, 2026, five days after the September 24 date, and the badge repository publishes a pre-event user guide and renders without a production count, attendee allocation, or distribution statement.

The edition is not marked completed and the record does not assert that every attendee received the badge.

Confidence
official site plus builder documentation
Status
organizer wrap-up and handoff unverified
Timeframe
2026 post-event pass
Source note
MNSEC 2026 official site and MNSEC2026BADGE repository, checked 2026-09-29.

Resources

MNSEC 2026 badge back render board render · Back board render showing the horseman artwork, the badge verse, a two-pin connector, and the Designed, assembled in Mongolia by Beelog credit. Linked only; no reuse licence is published. MNSEC 2026 badge front render board render · Front board render showing the ESP32-C3 SuperMini-style module, display, two RGB LEDs, buzzer, vibration motor, joystick, two buttons, and MNSEC 2026 silkscreen. Linked only; no reuse licence is published. MNSEC 2026 official site official event page · Official MNCERT/CC site for the September 24, 2026 thirteenth MNSEC at the Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar, the Security Beyond Human Scale theme, the Haruul Zangi CTF, and the hardware village. The September 29 and 30, 2026 checks found it still in pre-event wording with a zeroed countdown and no badge mention. MNSEC 2026 sponsorship page official sponsor page · Official sponsor page for the 24 September 2026 date, Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar venue, and an expected 450-500 attendees; it does not mention badges or booth stamps. MNSEC13 Event Badge User Guide badge user guide · Seven-page deck headed MN CERT/CC 2026 describing the badge's Badge Cloud Wi-Fi link, controls, startup sequence, navigation screens, and the 14-booth Stamp Passport prize draw. MNSEC2026BADGE repository public badge documentation archive · Public repository described as badge documentation, created and populated on September 28, 2026 by the same helicopteresdc / DavgaBeelog maintainer as the MNSEC2025BADGE archive. It holds the user-guide deck and two board renders, no licence, and no schematic, Gerber, or firmware files.

Sources

MN CERT/CC / Beelog: MNSEC13 Event Badge User Guide Retrieved 2026-09-29 · Primary user-facing source for the badge controls, Wi-Fi Badge Cloud behaviour, navigation screens, and the 14-booth Stamp Passport with phone-number-keyed staff stamping and prize draw. The PDF was created September 23, 2026, before the event, so it documents intended behaviour rather than observed on-site use. MNCERT/CC: MNSEC 2026 · Security Beyond Human Scale Retrieved 2026-10-01 · Primary official event source for the thirteenth edition, the September 24, 2026 date, the Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar venue, the theme, and MNCERT/CC as organizer. It still reads pre-event after the elapsed date and does not mention the badge. MNCERT/CC: MNSEC 2026 Sponsorship Retrieved 2026-09-29 · Official source for the date, venue, and 450-500 expected attendees; it establishes event scale only, not badge allocation. helicopteresdc / Beelog / GitHub: MNSEC2026BADGE Retrieved 2026-09-29 · Primary artifact archive for the 2026 badge documentation, uploaded September 28, 2026 by the maintainer of the already-seeded MNSEC 2025 badge archive. It has no licence and publishes no design files, so it supports the badge's existence and user-facing design but not production, quantity, or distribution.