HITCON
The HITCON CMT 2024 edition whose official activity page said every attendee ID was a PCB badge, with score accrual, games, docking between badges, BadUSB play, and on-site programmer support.
Academia Sinica Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Taipei · Taiwan · 2024
HITCON CMT 2024's official activity page and PCB Badge guide frame every attendee ID as a PCB badge, with score accrual across activities, badge games, BadUSB play, docking between badges, game battle behavior, and on-site programmer or FTDI support at the activity desk.
Lifecycle
The official PCB Badge guide documents a BadUSB activity path as part of the 2024 badge game surface.
The 2024 activity system used the PCB badge as an attendee score surface across HITCON activities and games.
The 2024 badge guide describes docking badges with other attendees and game battle behavior, making the physical badge a social interaction device.
HITCON documented programmer and FTDI support at the activity desk for attendees working with the PCB badge.
Operational history
The dossier records the verified interaction model while avoiding unsupported component-level claims.
The 2024 HITCON entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event imagery or using generated/placeholder art.