Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge 2026 · Ireland · 2026

Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge 2026 CTF Badge

Maker-documented ESP CTF challenge badge

A public maker archive explicitly titled Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge Badge 2026 links itself to WICC and documents a hackable serial-CLI CTF badge with ESP8266 and ESP32 target trees, challenge activities, a two-part protective case, and a repository photo of a physical cased device. WICC's official site and Cyber Ireland's post-event recap confirm the completed July 9-10 Dublin competition, but neither organizer source names this exact project. TOG separately reports building 15 ESP8266 hardware flags for the same CTF without identifying them as this archive, so this is a maker-documented event-linked electronic badge—not an organizer-issued credential, general attendee badge, or claim of equivalence to the flags.

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Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge 2026 CTF Badge: Maker-documented ESP CTF challenge badge

EventWomen's International Cybersecurity Challenge 2026

SeriesWomen's International Cybersecurity Challenge

LocationSt. Laurence’s, TU Dublin Grangegorman Campus, Dublin, Ireland

CountryIreland

Image Provenance

Asset: optimized WebP from repository photo
Status: licensed original photo
Source: caseshots.jpeg
License: MIT License
Attribution: OzmoOzmo / SecurityConferenceCTFBadge repository
Notes: Original 2224x1414 repository documentary photo downloaded from the commit-pinned public `OzmoOzmo/SecurityConferenceCTFBadge` repository and preserved locally as `Public/images/source/wicc-2026-ozmoozmo-caseshots-mit.jpeg`. The README embeds the exact photo as a view of the badge's two-part protective case, and the top-level MIT LICENSE is copyright (c) 2026 OzmoOzmo. The published WebP was generated from that exact JPEG by `Scripts/optimize-badge-image.sh`, with auto-orientation, a 1600px maximum side, metadata stripping, WebP quality 82, and no visual retouching. This is a factual maker repository photo of a physical cased ESP device, not a synthetic image, placeholder, or approximate render; it does not establish organizer issuance, recipient allocation, or the exact configuration of every WICC device. The published badge.gallery delivery file is an optimized WebP generated from the rights-cleared local derivative/source with metadata stripped, WebP quality 82, and a maximum side cap of 1600 pixels when the source is larger; upstream source URL, license, and attribution remain unchanged.

People

Authors & Credits

badge maker and source archive author

OzmoOzmo

The commit-pinned README names the OzmoOzmo GitHub account as the badge project's author and publishes the project documentation, photo, and post-event source archive.

Source

event-context publisher

Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge / Zero Days

The official WICC event site and post-event Cyber Ireland recap establish the completed competition context. This is not asserted as a badge-design, manufacture, allocation, or image-reuse credit.

Source

Why It Mattered

It adds a carefully bounded Irish competition badge with a public post-event maker archive and a rights-cleared original image, while retaining the critical distinction between a maker-declared WICC association, a completed event, and unproven organizer ownership, allocation, or final unit configuration.

Hardware

The maker README says its PlatformIO C++ project targets ESP8266 / ESP32 badge hardware, says an ESP32 version is available, and presents a photo of a cased device. It describes the case as protecting the electronics and coming in two halves. The public material does not map a particular ESP8266 or ESP32 configuration, board, PCB, component list, power source, battery, display, sensor, radio configuration, enclosure material, manufacturing process, production count, or final event unit to WICC recipients.

Software & Apps

The source archive describes an interactive serial CLI, CTF-style activities, hidden strings, manual-entry flags, games/puzzles, Wi-Fi scan and captive-portal activities, and a badge-to-badge ransom mechanic. It is built with PlatformIO in C++ and says source was intentionally kept offline until after the conference. This catalogue records the high-level public software surface only, not operating instructions, credentials, flags, exploits, challenge solutions, connection details, recovery procedures, or a claim that the public tree exactly matches every event device.

Lore

WICC's inaugural Dublin event combined international teams with advanced CTF areas including hardware security. The maker's README gives OzmoOzmo authorship and thanks TOG hackers and makers for beta testing. TOG's own post-event account independently documents a distinct contribution of 15 ESP8266 hardware flags in custom cases for the competition; it does not say those devices were this badge project. The lineage therefore preserves both source trails without merging their provenance.

Source-backed hardware metadata

Technical Profile

Structured technical signals seeded from public badge documentation, repositories, schematics, firmware notes, or event evidence. These fields are designed for filtering, API use, repair planning, preservation, and future Companion Gear matching.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

hardware configuration and delivery scope gap note

The maker documentation targets ESP8266 / ESP32 hardware and shows a cased device, but does not map a final board, parts population, power system, radio configuration, firmware build, production run, recipient list, handoff, or attendance eligibility to WICC units.

The catalogue records the documented electronic CTF platform without inventing a universal configuration, quantity, delivery outcome, or attendee credential role.

Confidence: primary maker documentation
Status: configuration and allocation not publicly mapped
Timeframe: WICC 2026 archive pass
Source note: Commit-pinned OzmoOzmo SecurityConferenceCTFBadge README and repository contents.

maker-to-event association boundary note

OzmoOzmo's public README explicitly titles the project Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge Badge 2026 and links WICC, while WICC's official site and Cyber Ireland's recap confirm the event. Neither organizer source names this exact repository, maker, or device as an official WICC artifact.

The record is an event-linked maker badge and must not be read as a WICC organizer-issued credential, sponsor deliverable, official hardware programme, or attendee-wide handout.

Confidence: maker archive plus independent official event sources
Status: maker-declared association; organizer linkage unverified
Timeframe: WICC 2026 post-event source pass
Source note: WICC official event page, Cyber Ireland post-event recap, and commit-pinned OzmoOzmo SecurityConferenceCTFBadge README.

separate TOG hardware-flags boundary note

TOG reports building fifteen ESP8266 hardware flags in custom cases for the WICC CTF, but its account does not name OzmoOzmo, SecurityConferenceCTFBadge, or the repository's badge photo. Conversely, the maker README thanks TOG hackers and makers for beta testing without identifying TOG's fifteen flags as its own build.

The record preserves related physical-hardware context without merging separate maker provenance, hardware counts, designs, allocations, or authorship into one unsupported badge claim.

Confidence: first-hand TOG post-event account
Status: distinct projects not equated
Timeframe: WICC 2026 event
Source note: TOG Building Hardware Flags for WICC 2026 post and commit-pinned OzmoOzmo SecurityConferenceCTFBadge README.

Resources

TOG WICC 2026 hardware flags community hardware account · TOG's post-event account of its distinct contribution: fifteen ESP8266 hardware flags in custom cases for the WICC CTF. It corroborates physical event-hardware context but does not identify those flags as the OzmoOzmo badge project. WICC 2026 maker archive license license · Commit-pinned MIT license, copyright (c) 2026 OzmoOzmo, supplying the reuse basis for the repository documentary photo used by this record. WICC 2026 maker badge README technical documentation · Commit-pinned README for the serial-CLI CTF platform, ESP8266 / ESP32 target statement, high-level challenge surface, source-release timing note, author credit, and exact repository photo context. WICC 2026 maker badge repository source repository · Public OzmoOzmo repository whose README explicitly titles the project Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge Badge 2026 and links WICC. This is maker-published event association, not an organizer-issued credential record. WICC 2026 official event page official event page · Official WICC page for the July 9-10 Dublin competition, St. Laurence's / TU Dublin Grangegorman venue, international teams, and advanced CTF areas including hardware security. It does not name this specific badge project. WICC 2026 post-event recap post-event recap · Cyber Ireland's July 17, 2026 recap confirms the inaugural two-day competition was completed and names ZeroDays CTF and TOG Hackerspace among contributing teams and partners; it does not identify a specific badge build.

Sources

Cyber Ireland: Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge 2026 Showcases Global Talent and Collaboration Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Post-event source confirming the inaugural competition was completed and identifying ZeroDays CTF and TOG Hackerspace as contributors; it does not establish an organizer-issued badge or identify a specific badge design. OzmoOzmo / GitHub: Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge Badge 2026 README Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary maker source explicitly naming the WICC 2026 badge, linking wicc.ie, and documenting the high-level CTF, serial CLI, ESP8266 / ESP32, case, photo, source-release, and authorship claims. OzmoOzmo / GitHub: SecurityConferenceCTFBadge MIT License Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Commit-pinned repository license, copyright (c) 2026 OzmoOzmo, granting the stated reuse basis for the included documentation photo; image attribution and processing notes are retained in BadgeImage provenance. TOG Hackerspace: Building Hardware Flags for WICC 2026 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · First-hand TOG account documenting fifteen separate ESP8266 hardware flags in custom cases for the WICC CTF. It corroborates the event's physical-hardware context but does not equate the flags with the OzmoOzmo badge archive. WICC / Zero Days: Women's International Cybersecurity Challenge 2026 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary organizer source for the July 9-10, 2026 Dublin WICC event, venue, global competition context, and hardware-security challenge category. It does not name the maker badge archive.