Nuit du Hack 2011 Badge
A source-backed French electronic attendee badge from Nuit du Hack 2011, preserved through an attendee report, badge photos, and linked reverse-engineering/programming tutorials.
Country dossier
France
Worldwide badge coverage for France, grouped into seeded badges, event editions, add-ons, operational issues, resources, and evidence sources.
Seeded artifacts
Badges
Nuit du Hack 2014 Collector Badge
A limited collector badge and hardware-hacking challenge from Nuit du Hack 2014, with public challenge rules, writeups, and a Virtualabs repository.
Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge
A limited NDH2K15 electronic collector badge kit sold through the official Nuit du Hack store, described as Arduino Micro-compatible, USB-compatible, easy to program or hack, and developed by Electrolab.
Events
Camp and Event Editions
Nuit du Hack 2011
A French HackerzVoice security-conference edition with a public attendee report describing a 100% electronic badge and linked reverse-engineering tutorials by its designer.
Nuit du Hack 2014
The Fnord Edition of Nuit du Hack, whose collector badge was an assemble-and-hack hardware challenge for a Black Badge life pass.
Nuit du Hack 2015
The 2015 Nuit du Hack edition whose official store sold an Electrolab-developed Arduino Micro-compatible electronic badge kit limited to 200 units.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
Nuit du Hack 2014 Collector Badge
archived source
Python console helper
The Virtualabs repository preserves Python console tooling and serial interaction material for working with the badge challenge.
Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge
official store feature
USB HID keyboard and mouse emulation
The official store lists USB/HID keyboard and mouse emulation as a supported hack path for the Arduino Micro-compatible kit.
Nuit du Hack 2014 Collector Badge
historical
Black Badge challenge
The official challenge asked participants to assemble the collector badge, analyze its embedded secure system, and solve first for a Nuit du Hack Black Badge life pass.
Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge
official store feature
Wearable prototyping area
The kit advertised a prototyping area and explicitly invited attendees to hack the hardware in wearable and other forms.
Nuit du Hack 2011 Badge
partially archived
Reverse-engineering tutorial trail
The attendee report links a designer-authored reverse-engineering guide and a second programming guide that used avrdude, avr-gcc, and C examples.
Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge
historical
Pimp My Badge 2016 workshop reuse
The 2016 report describes a Pimp My Badge workshop using the previous year's electronic badge and updating the standard library with additional examples.
Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge
historical
Arduino pendant workshop compatibility
The 2015 electronics workshop built a battery-powered Arduino pendant with an 8x8 LED matrix and noted that it could be combined with the 2015 electronic badge.
Operational history
Issues & Camp Impact
The official challenge described a limited collector badge given out after solving an easy challenge, then used as the entry point to the harder Black Badge challenge.
This was not necessarily a universal attendee badge; the page models it as a collector/challenge object rather than a default registration badge.
The official store listed the NDH2K15 electronic badge as a ticket-excluded collector kit limited to 200 pieces, sold out at 35 EUR and collected on site.
The page should not imply that every attendee automatically received this badge; it was a limited store item.
No documentary photo of the exact 2011 badge has been cleared for public reuse.
Publish no image until licensing and attribution for an original badge photo are cleared.
No documentary photo of the original collector badge has been cleared for public reuse.
The source-backed facts remain available while the catalogue withholds imagery until original photos are cleared.
No documentary photo of the exact badge kit has been cleared for public reuse.
Publish no image until licensing and attribution for an original badge photo are cleared.
Virtualabs says the 2016 Pimp My Badge workshop presented the previous year's electronic badge because there was no new electronic badge that year.
The 2015 badge should be treated as a reusable workshop platform across the following edition, while the catalogue should not invent a distinct NDH 2016 badge without stronger sources.
The current public source set establishes the 2011 electronic badge and linked tutorial trail, but component-level hardware and complete firmware details still need original tutorial recovery.
The dossier remains useful for French badge history while avoiding unsupported chip and firmware claims.
Resources
NDH 2014 badge challenge
archived challenge page · Archived official collector-badge challenge page describing assembly, embedded-system exploitation, and Black Badge reward.
Nuit du Hack 2014 Fnord Edition
archived event page · Archived official 2014 event page with location and edition context.
Nuit du Hack 2011 attendee report
attendee report · Korben's NDH2k11 report with badge photos, electronic-badge context, and links to reverse-engineering/programming articles.
NDH2k14 collector badge write-up
challenge writeup · Spiderboy writeup documenting the collector badge, Arduino/ATmega328p claims, Usnoobie inspiration, and solving path.
Nuit du Hack
event lineage · Current leHACK/Nuit du Hack event lineage context.
Nuit du Hack 2015 venue page
event page · Official 2015 venue page documenting the June 20-21 event context and Académie Fratellini location.
Electrolab
maker-space credit context · Organization credited by the official store page as the badge developer.
NDH2K15 electronic badge store entry
official store page · Official Nuit du Hack 2015 store entry documenting the electronic badge kit, price, limited run, hardware features, and Electrolab credit.
NDH 2016 Pimp My Badge reuse
post-event reuse note · Virtualabs 2016 report documenting a Pimp My Badge workshop around the previous year's electronic badge because there was no new badge that year.
ndh2k14-badge repository
source repository · Virtualabs repository with examples, binaries, docs, challenge material, and tooling for the collector badge.
NDH 2015 electronics and Arduino workshop
workshop writeup · Virtualabs workshop post describing a wearable Arduino pendant that could be combined with the 2015 electronic badge.
Sources
Internet Archive mirror of nuitduhack.com: NDH 2014 Badge
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Archived official challenge page for the collector badge, assembly path, embedded secure-system objective, and Black Badge prize.
Internet Archive mirror of nuitduhack.com: Nuit du Hack 2014
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Archived official page for 2014 event and venue context.
Korben: Compte rendu NDH2k11
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source for the 2011 electronic badge, photos, secrets, and linked reverse-engineering/programming tutorial trail.
Nuit du Hack: Lieu - Nuit du Hack 2015
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for the 2015 edition location and event context.
Nuit du Hack: Store - Nuit du Hack 2015
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for the NDH2K15 electronic badge kit, hardware feature list, limited run, price, and Electrolab developer credit.
Spiderboy: NDH2k14 Collector Badge Challenge Write-Up
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Challenge writeup for the collector badge, ATmega328p/Arduino-compatible framing, mini-USB flashing, and solution notes.
Virtualabs: De retour de la Nuit du Hack 2016
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source for the 2016 Pimp My Badge reuse workshop and explicit no-new-badge context.
Virtualabs: NDH 2015 - Atelier électronique & Arduino
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source for the companion wearable Arduino pendant workshop and badge-combination note.
Virtualabs GitHub: ndh2k14-badge
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source repository preserving examples, binaries, documentation, and challenge tooling.