Nuit du Hack 2011 Badge
French electronic conference 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
Assemble-and-hack Black Badge challenge
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
Electrolab Arduino Micro-compatible kit
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.
leHACK 2026 Badge Hackropole
Open ESP32-S3 capacitive light-up workshop badge
leHACK's official 2026 workshop schedule and the French National Cybersecurity Agency's leHACK listing present Badge Hackropole as a novice-accessible workshop in which participants assemble a capacitive light-up badge, solder a microcontroller and eight SMD LEDs, and program preconfigured WLED firmware. FCSC-FR's public hackropole-badge repository supplies the PCB source, assembly instructions, firmware binaries/configuration, and per-file licensing. The programme lists ten 55-minute workshop sessions across June 26-27, but the source trail does not prove final attendance, completed builds, or a conference-wide handout.
THcon 2026 Badge
French ESP32-C6 B.A.D.G.E. with OLED, SAO, and BLE color propagation
The official THcon 2026 B.A.D.G.E. page documents an ESP32-C6 electronic badge with the Badge3000 WiFi access point, an I2C OLED at address 0x3C, and BLE padlock and one-time-password challenges for the May 5-6 tenth edition in Toulouse. A May 13 first-hand attendee teardown identifies the distributed board as an ESP32-C6-WROOM-1 build with an SSD1306 OLED, WS2812 RGB LED, ATC24C04 EEPROM, SAO connector, single-cell battery/TP4056 charging path, and USB-C CH340C serial bridge; it also documents the delivered firmware's BLE color-command propagation behavior.
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.
leHACK 2026
The June 26-28, 2026 leHACK edition in Paris, represented by the scheduled Badge Hackropole assembly workshop in the new leLAB Hardware Village. Official leHACK and ANSSI publications document ten 55-minute sessions on June 26-27 to assemble and program a capacitive ESP32-S3/WS2812B light-up badge, while FCSC-FR's public repository carries the hardware, assembly, and WLED documentation. The record treats the device as a workshop artifact rather than a general conference credential, and does not assume individual attendance, finished assembly, or handoff.
THcon 2026
The May 5-6, 2026 tenth Toulouse Hacking Convention whose official B.A.D.G.E. page documents an ESP32-C6 electronic badge with a WiFi access point, I2C OLED, and BLE padlock and one-time-password challenges.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
THcon 2026 Badge
officially documented
BLE padlock challenge
The official badge page documents a BLE padlock interaction as one of two badge challenges.
THcon 2026 Badge
officially documented
One-time-password challenge
The official badge page documents a one-time-password flow as the second badge challenge.
THcon 2026 Badge
officially documented
Badge3000 WiFi access point
The official badge page documents a WiFi access point branded Badge3000 as part of the ESP32-C6 badge interaction surface.
THcon 2026 Badge
first-hand firmware analysis
BLE color-propagation behavior
The attendee's analysis reports that the delivered firmware observes compatible BLE advertisements, changes the RGB LED from received color values, and relays them with loop avoidance. This documents an interaction behavior without publishing packet construction, operating instructions, production-firmware identity, range, compliance, or final event deployment claims.
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.
leHACK 2026 Badge Hackropole
public source guide
WLED v0.15.5 flash and Wi-Fi setup
The source guide aligns the distributed firmware with WLED v0.15.5, documents ESP32-S3 bootloader flashing with esptool, a WLED Wi-Fi access-point onboarding flow, a web interface, and touch controls for lighting and effects.
leHACK 2026 Badge Hackropole
official programme
Beginner leLAB workshop model
leLAB identifies Badge Hackropole soldering as an introductory activity with no technical prerequisite; workshop sign-up was on site, first come first served, and groups were limited to ten people maximum.
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.
THcon 2026 Badge
first-hand artifact analysis
Artifact-level board component inventory
An attendee teardown identifies the distributed board's ESP32-C6-WROOM-1, SSD1306 OLED, WS2812 RGB LED, ATC24C04 EEPROM, SAO connector, single-cell battery/TP4056 path, and USB-C CH340C serial bridge. It does not establish a final production revision, pinout, electrical characterization, or official design archive.
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.
leHACK 2026 Badge Hackropole
public firmware documentation
Capacitive control and GP14/GP15 mod surface
The WLED guide maps eight capacitive pillar controls and a rooster-crest touch control, and exposes GP14/GP15 pads for user modifications such as 3.3 V I2C sensors or an I2S microphone.
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.
leHACK 2026 Badge Hackropole
public source documentation
ESP32-S3-Zero and WS2812B assembly baseline
The assembly guide recommends one Waveshare ESP32-S3-Zero without pin headers and eight WS2812B LEDs in 5050-SMD packages as the baseline working board.
leHACK 2026 Badge Hackropole
scheduled 2026 programme; individual attendance unverified
Ten scheduled 55-minute Badge Hackropole sessions
ANSSI's official leHACK listing schedules ten 55-minute Badge Hackropole workshop sessions: five on June 26 and five on June 27.
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
leHACK's practical-information page says reception staff issued a general conference badge when a QR code was presented. Badge Hackropole appears separately in the leLAB workshop schedule and hardware repository; no reviewed source says it was the admission badge, QR credential, access-control token, attendee-wide inclusion, or replacement for the general conference badge.
The record remains a workshop-made electronic artifact rather than an unsupported claim about leHACK admission, identity, access control, or universal badge allocation.
The sources document a baseline ESP32-S3-Zero/eight-LED configuration and WLED v0.15.5-aligned binaries, but do not establish each workshop unit's exact component source, board revision, solder quality, power source, flashed binary, Wi-Fi/client configuration, customization, firmware update history, security review, or post-event maintenance path.
Readers can reproduce the documented public design without mistaking one source configuration for a verified event-wide production, security, or support state.
THcon 2026 Badge
note
The official page and a first-hand teardown now identify the ESP32-C6-WROOM-1, SSD1306 OLED, WS2812 LED, ATC24C04 EEPROM, SAO connector, single-cell/TP4056 power path, and CH340C bridge. They still do not establish OLED resolution, buttons, SAO pinout, battery capacity/protection, charger settings, board revision, schematic, BOM, Gerbers, official firmware source, canonical binary, release, or license.
The catalogue can distinguish observed artifact details from the unrecovered official archive while avoiding unsupported production, electrical-safety, design-file, firmware, or reuse claims.
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.
The official guide warns that soldering irons are hot, emit fumes, and can be dangerous if misused, recommends ventilation or fume extraction, and warns that WS2812B LED plastic can melt. It also documents optional power-bank, lanyard, stand, sensor, and I2S modifications without supplying an event-wide electrical safety review, battery policy, enclosure specification, current budget, or support guarantee.
The catalogue records the public hands-on workflow while avoiding a claim that all configurations are safe, supplied, tested, supported, or appropriate for every builder.
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 2011 badge has been cleared for public reuse.
Publish no image until licensing and attribution for an original badge photo are cleared.
THcon 2026 Badge
note
No THcon 2026 badge image is published because neither the official pages nor the first-hand Virtualabs teardown pairs a selected original badge photo or upstream render with the complete reusable source URL, publication-compatible permission basis, attribution, and processing record. The teardown's CC BY-NC-SA content notice is not treated as a clear public-image reuse basis for this catalog.
The French record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying official site imagery, the teardown photo, screenshots, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.
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.
Official leHACK and ANSSI pages schedule ten Badge Hackropole sessions, while the repository provides public build materials. The reviewed public sources do not publish a final session-completion report, attendee roster, kit count, finished-board count, individual receipt record, replacement policy, or post-event fulfillment account.
The compendium can preserve a concrete workshop artifact and buildable design without treating a schedule or a public repository as proof that every listed slot ran or that any specific person received and completed a badge.
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.
Hackropole REUSE licensing metadata
file-level license metadata · Primary SPDX/REUSE evidence for CC BY 4.0 licensing and 2025 Hackropole attribution of hardware JPEGs, KiCad source files, and documentation-adjacent visual assets.
Electrolab
maker-space credit context · Organization credited by the official store page as the badge developer.
Hackropole assembly guide
official assembly documentation · Primary source for the ESP32-S3-Zero, eight WS2812B 5050-SMD LED baseline, optional modification paths, soldering sequence, and safety notes.
Hackropole badge source repository
official badge hardware and firmware repository · FCSC-FR's public source repository for the Hackropole badge, linking its hardware, assembly, firmware, and REUSE licensing materials.
THcon 2026 B.A.D.G.E. page
official badge page · Official dedicated badge page documenting the ESP32-C6 electronic badge, the Badge3000 WiFi access point, the I2C OLED, and the BLE padlock and one-time-password challenges.
leHACK 2026 practical information
official event information · Official venue and reception source for the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie and the separate QR-code general conference badge pickup workflow.
THcon 2026 official site
official event page · Official THcon source for the May 5-6, 2026 tenth edition talks at the Marthe Condat auditorium, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, with the on-site CTF on May 7 at ENSEEIHT.
Hackropole WLED firmware guide
official firmware and flashing guide · Primary source for WLED v0.15.5 build alignment, ESP32-S3 flash workflow, Wi-Fi onboarding, touch-control mapping, LED GPIO mapping, and user-modification pads.
Hackropole hardware and production notes
official hardware documentation · Primary KiCad 9 and board-production source for the two-layer 1.6 mm FR-4, blue-board recommendation and official board photo.
leLAB Hardware Village
official hardware-village page · Primary leHACK source for the new leLAB context, Badge Hackropole beginner-workshop reference, on-site sign-up process, ten-person workshop ceiling, S2 rooms, and listed Hackropole support.
ANSSI leHACK 2026 workshop listing
official public-agency event listing · ANSSI's primary listing corroborates the June 26-28 leHACK dates, Cité des sciences venue, Badge Hackropole technical description, and ten scheduled 55-minute sessions.
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.
leHACK 2026 workshop schedule
official workshop schedule · Primary leHACK schedule for Badge Hackropole sessions, leLAB location, hands-on microcontroller and eight-SMD-LED assembly wording, preconfigured WLED firmware, and novice-accessible workshop framing.
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.
THcon 2026 badge first-hand teardown
technical analysis · Virtualabs attendee teardown documenting the received board's ESP32-C6-WROOM-1, SSD1306 OLED, WS2812 LED, ATC24C04 EEPROM, SAO connector, battery/TP4056 path, CH340C serial bridge, and analyzed BLE color-propagation behavior. It is independent artifact analysis, not an official source release or a reusable-image grant.
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
Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information: leHACK 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary public-agency event listing that independently corroborates the June 26-28 event, Cité des sciences venue, ten 55-minute Badge Hackropole sessions, and the workshop's detailed assembly/firmware wording.
FCSC-FR: FCSC-FR/hackropole-badge
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary public badge repository stating that it contains the Hackropole badge source files and build instructions, with hardware, assembly, and firmware guides.
FCSC-FR / Hackropole: Hackropole REUSE.toml
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary file-level licensing source that assigns hardware JPEGs and KiCad files CC BY 4.0 with 2025 Hackropole copyright text, establishing the local hero photo's reusable provenance.
FCSC-FR / Hackropole: Hackropole WLED Firmware
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary firmware source for WLED v0.15.5 alignment, prebuilt binary flashing, Wi-Fi onboarding, LED and capacitive-button GPIO mapping, and mod pads.
FCSC-FR / Hackropole: Hackropole badge assembly
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary assembly source for the ESP32-S3-Zero and eight WS2812B build baseline, optional extensions, soldering workflow, and fume/heat safety caveats.
FCSC-FR / Hackropole: Hackropole badge hardware notes
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary public hardware source for KiCad 9, 2-layer 1.6 mm FR-4 production guidance, blue board color, and the official documentary board photo.
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.
THcon: B.A.D.G.E.
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the ESP32-C6 microcontroller, Badge3000 WiFi AP, I2C OLED at 0x3C, and the BLE padlock and one-time-password badge challenges.
THcon: THcon 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the tenth Toulouse Hacking Convention dates, venue, and French security-conference context.
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: Write-up du challenge du badge THCon 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · A May 13, 2026 first-hand attendee hardware and firmware analysis of a badge distributed by staff at THcon. It corroborates the artifact-level component inventory and BLE color-propagation behavior, while not constituting an official firmware, hardware-design, release, or image-reuse source.
Virtualabs GitHub: ndh2k14-badge
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source repository preserving examples, binaries, documentation, and challenge tooling.
leHACK: Ateliers - leHACK 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary organizer schedule showing the Badge Hackropole workshop repeatedly on June 26 and 27, including the explicit capacitive light-up badge, microcontroller, eight SMD LED, and preconfigured WLED statements.
leHACK: Informations pratiques leHACK 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event source for the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie venue, June 26-27 reception hours, and a distinct QR-code general conference badge pickup statement.
leHACK: leLAB — Le Village Hardware de leHACK 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary organizer description of leLAB as a new hardware village, its beginner Badge Hackropole soldering context, on-site first-come registration, and maximum ten-person workshop groups.