BSides Perth
The September 15-16, 2018 BSides Perth edition whose contemporary coverage documents redesigned handmade conference badges using a NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi SoC and a badge-hack prize.
UWA Business School, Crawley, Perth · Australia · 2018
Contemporary Australian Cyber Security Magazine coverage documents BSides Perth 2018 attendees receiving a cool, unique handmade conference badge using a NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi SoC, with a badge-hack prize promoted before the event.
Lifecycle
Pre-event coverage told attendees there would be a prize for the best badge hack, framing the badge as a hackable participant artifact.
Australian Cyber Security Magazine reported that 2018 delegates received a handmade conference badge using a NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi SoC.
Operational history
The 2018 entry cites this only as broader Perth lineage context and does not treat it as direct 2018 behavior proof.
The 2018 Perth entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying conference or magazine imagery.
The record keeps component claims to the published NodeMCU ESP8266 detail and avoids assigning unverified display, battery, schedule, or CTF features.