RVAsec 2018 · United States · 2018

RVAsec 2018 Badge

HackRVA electronic badge with games, puzzles, and two-channel audio

HackRVA's 2018 recap and badge wiki document more than 300 RVAsec electronic hardware badges with badge games, puzzles, two-channel audio behavior, challenge content, and badge-hacking competition context.

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EventRVAsec 2018

SeriesRVAsec

LocationRichmond Marriott, Richmond, Virginia

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

badge build contact

Morgan

The HackRVA wiki names Morgan in the 2018 badge build contact context.

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badge build contact

Paul

The HackRVA wiki names Paul in the 2018 badge build contact context.

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badge team

HackRVA

HackRVA documented the 2018 badge build and conference badge work.

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event host

RVAsec

RVAsec provided the 2018 conference context for the badge.

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Why It Mattered

It restores the seventh-year RVAsec/HackRVA electronic badge to the lineage between the source-limited 2017 artifact and the software-rich 2019 badge, with both event context and a public badge-build wiki trail.

Hardware

HackRVA-built hardware badges included a speaker/audio path capable of two channels, physical buttons and signals used for games and puzzles, and a badge-hacking surface, per the public trail. This record does not infer unrecovered MCU, schematic, BOM, or PCB manufacturing details.

Software & Apps

The 2018 badge build featured badge games, puzzles, two-channel audio playback, and a CTF badge challenge, coordinated through a public wiki, per HackRVA and RVAsec sources.

Lore

HackRVA described spending hundreds of person-hours building over 300 badges; RVAsec's CTF material tied the badges directly into the conference challenge surface.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge challenge surface source-backed

Badge games and puzzles

HackRVA's recap documents games and puzzles as part of the 2018 hardware badge experience.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2018 Badge

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event challenge context source-backed

Badge-hacking CTF room

RVAsec layout and CTF sources place badge hacking and badge-challenge material in the 2018 CTF conference flow.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2018 Badge

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software/audio behavior source-backed

Two-channel audio behavior

The HackRVA recap documents two-channel audio behavior on the 2018 badge.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2018 Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

component-source gap note

The public trail proves electronic hardware badges and badge software/challenge behavior, but no complete 2018 schematic, BOM, PCB source, final firmware tree, or manufacturing archive was recovered in this pass.

The record avoids unverified controller, pinout, schematic, or production-detail claims.

Confidence: source-limited
Status: unrecovered
Timeframe: RVAsec 2018
Source note: 2018 HackRVA recap, HackRVA wiki, official layout, CTF archive, and InfoconDB.

missing rights-cleared image note

The available HackRVA/RVAsec pages include useful badge evidence, but this pass did not recover a specific 2018 badge image with reusable license or explicit permission, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The record remains image-free rather than copying article photos, wiki media, screenshots, or generated replacements.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: HackRVA, RVAsec, and InfoconDB source audit.

Resources

2018 RVAsec HackRVA badges recap project-owner recap · HackRVA post documenting 2018 RVAsec hardware badges, more than 300 produced badges, games, puzzles, and two-channel audio. RVAsec 2018 InfoconDB entry conference archive · InfoconDB archive context for the June 7-8, 2018 event and Badge Intro material. RVAsec 7 layout official event layout · Official RVAsec 7 layout source for Richmond Marriott event context, including HackRVA badge-hacking and CTF room placement. RVAsec Badge Build 2018 wiki project wiki · HackRVA wiki page preserving the 2018 badge build coordination trail, date context, and badge-team contact names. RVAsec CTF archive official CTF archive · Official CTF archive context for the 2018 RVAsec badge challenge and badge-hacking competition surface.

Sources

HackRVA: 2018 RVAsec HackRVA Badges Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Project-owner source for 2018 electronic hardware badge production, games, puzzles, and audio behavior. HackRVA Wiki: RVAsec Badge Build 2018 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Project wiki source for build coordination, date context, and named contacts. InfoconDB: RVAsec 2018 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Conference archive source for the 2018 event and Badge Intro context. RVAsec: RVAsec 7 Layout Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official event source placing badge hacking and CTF material in the 2018 conference layout. RVAsec: RVAsec CTF Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official CTF source for badge-challenge context.