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HITCON

HITCON 2026

The completed August 21-22, 2026 HITCON security conference at Academia Sinica. Official KKTIX ticketing retains the completed onsite sales window, and the official organizer account's August 22 closing update confirms that NFC Battle ran. The official event and ticket pages establish an attendee badge in published ticket-package conditions, while the official events page says every attendee badge embeds an NTAG215 NFC chip for phone-tap collectible-card exchanges. The reviewed sources do not identify the 2026 badge's physical construction, PCB, firmware, access-control role, data handling, individual receipt, or image-reuse rights.

Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Academia Sinica, Nangang District, Taipei · Taiwan · 2026

HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge

HITCON's official 2026 ticket and events pages state that published ticket packages include an attendee badge and that every attendee badge is embedded with an NTAG215 NFC chip. The official organizer account's August 22 closing update refers to the NFC Battle in the past tense, confirming that the completed August 21-22 event ran the collectible-card exchange. This establishes a source-backed NFC identity artifact and social event game, but not a PCB, display, controller, firmware, reader/writer configuration, physical material, or final allocation record.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge official programme and closing update

attendee social interaction

NFC Battle card exchange

The official NFC Battle description asks attendees to tap a phone against another attendee's badge to complete an exchange, unlock collectible cards, and rank by cards collected. The organizer's August 22 closing update refers to NFC Battle in the past tense, confirming the activity ran. Neither source identifies the card payload, tag-memory configuration, app, backend, account linkage, privacy handling, or security model.

Compatibility: HITCON 2026 completed event; final delivery and implementation unverified

HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge official 2026 programme

historical-platform boundary

2024/2025 PCB Badge Quest separation

HITCON separately describes a Badge Quest for 2024 or 2025 PCB badges flashed with event firmware. That older-board activity is retained as historical context rather than evidence that the 2026 NTAG215 attendee badge is a PCB, has a controller, or receives the same firmware.

Compatibility: HITCON 2024/2025 PCB badges only; not assigned to the 2026 NTAG215 attendee badge

HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge completed-event ticket terms retained

ticket-package identity artifact

Published attendee-badge ticket inclusion

HITCON's published ticket-package conditions explicitly list an attendee badge for eligible package categories, collected onsite. The observed onsite sales window is now ended. The reviewed ticket page does not establish a complete all-tier allocation ledger, exact badge handoff process, physical form, material, or final participant receipt.

Compatibility: HITCON 2026 completed event; exact allocation remains unverified

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge note

2024/2025 PCB Badge Quest separation · official 2026 programme wording · older PCB-board activity explicitly separated

The official 2026 Badge Quest wording applies to 2024 or 2025 PCB badges that must be flashed with event firmware. It does not state that the 2026 NTAG215 attendee badge is a PCB, programmable, flashable, powered, display-equipped, or compatible with that firmware.

No historic HITCON PCB hardware, controller, firmware, game, connector, display, or BadUSB claim is carried forward into the narrower 2026 NFC attendee-badge record.

HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge note

NFC data, protocol, privacy, and security boundary · official NFC Battle programme and organizer closing update · NTAG215 and completed exchange activity documented; implementation unreleased

HITCON's official events page names an embedded NTAG215 NFC chip and phone-tap collectible-card exchange, and the organizer's closing update confirms NFC Battle ran. Neither source discloses UID or memory use, NDEF/content format, tag configuration, read/write permissions, card protocol, app/backend, account linkage, authentication, encryption, anti-cloning measures, scan logging, personal-data handling, retention, deletion, privacy notice, threat model, or security review.

The record exposes the completed NFC interaction without implying a specific protocol, data model, privacy practice, security property, reader/writer capability, or safe handling guidance.

HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge note

allocation, physical-form, and credential boundary · official event, organizer-account, and ticketing sources · event and activity completed; final allocation and form unreleased

The official event and KKTIX pages establish HITCON 2026, published attendee-badge ticket conditions, the venue, and the ended onsite-sales window; the official organizer's closing update confirms that the gathering and NFC Battle ran. They do not provide a complete ticket-tier/recipient ledger, collection workflow, final quantity, card dimensions, material, lanyard, printed design, access-control behavior, revocation policy, participant receipt, or post-event fulfillment evidence.

The catalogue records a completed event-specific attendee artifact without claiming that every registrant received it, that every ticket tier includes it, or that it functions as an admission/access credential.

HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · official media and image-policy review · needs selected, attributable, cleared original

The reviewed 2026 event, ticketing, activity, and organizer-update pages establish the completed attendee badge and NFC Battle but do not pair a selected factual badge image with a reusable license or explicit permission basis, attribution, source URL, and processing provenance.

The HITCON 2026 attendee badge remains image-free rather than copying event graphics, page screenshots, ticketing media, social posts, or any other visual without complete reuse provenance.

Resources

HITCON 2026 events — NFC Battle official badge activity page · HITCON's official events page says every attendee badge embeds an NTAG215 NFC chip and describes the phone-tap card-exchange activity. It does not publish tag configuration, payload format, application details, access-control behavior, privacy terms, security model, or a 2026 PCB/firmware specification. HITCON 2026 official event page official event page · HITCON's official conference page gives the August 21-22, 2026 dates and the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at Academia Sinica venue. It establishes event context, not badge construction, allocation, firmware, or image rights. HITCON organizer updates official organizer account · HITCON's official @HacksInTaiwan account posted an August 22 closing update that refers to NFC Battle in the past tense and says the gathering was ending. It establishes completed-event and activity context, not individual badge receipt, quantity, technical implementation, or image reuse. HITCON 2026 official ticketing official organizer ticketing · The organizer-linked KKTIX page identifies HITCON 2026 ticket-package conditions, names an attendee badge, and retains the now-ended onsite sales window. It does not establish a complete all-tier allocation ledger, final physical form, credential behavior, or completed handoff.

Sources

Association of Hackers in Taiwan (HIT) / KKTIX: HITCON 2026 official ticketing Retrieved 2026-09-18 · Primary organizer-linked ticketing source whose published package conditions name an attendee badge and whose observed onsite sales window ended August 22. It does not prove a final allocation ledger, all-ticket-tier eligibility, physical construction, or access-control role. HITCON: HITCON 2026 Retrieved 2026-09-18 · Primary official source for the August 21-22, 2026 conference at Academia Sinica. It supports event context only and does not provide attendee-badge technical specifications. HITCON: HITCON 2026 events — NFC Battle Retrieved 2026-09-18 · Primary official programme source stating that every attendee badge embeds an NTAG215 NFC chip and that a phone-to-badge tap exchange unlocks collectible cards. It does not disclose tag contents, application protocol, privacy/data processing, security design, or a 2026 PCB/firmware platform. HITCON / @HacksInTaiwan: HITCON organizer closing update Retrieved 2026-09-18 · Primary organizer-account source for the August 22 closing update, which refers to NFC Battle in the past tense and says the gathering is ending. It confirms completed-event and activity context, not a badge recipient ledger, final technical implementation, or image reuse.