RVAsec

RVA5sec 2016

The 2016 RVAsec edition whose official HackRVA interview documents the fifth-conference badge line, hand-built custom firmware badges, reused/improved hardware, USB reflashing, CTF challenges, and more than 350 initially quality-checked boards.

Richmond, Virginia · United States · 2016

RVA5sec 2016 Badge

The RVA5sec 2016 badge is documented by HackRVA's official interview as a hand-built custom-firmware electronic badge with reused/improved hardware, standard USB reflashing, low-frequency serial-transmission experimentation, and CTF challenge hooks.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

RVA5sec 2016 Badge source-backed

badge challenge

Badge CTF challenge hooks

The 2016 interview says the badge focus shifted toward CTF challenges.

Compatibility: RVA5sec 2016 Badge

RVA5sec 2016 Badge source-backed

badge hacking workflow

Standard USB reflashing

HackRVA described standard USB as a way to make post-event reflashing easier.

Compatibility: RVA5sec 2016 Badge

RVA5sec 2016 Badge source-backed

firmware experiment

Low-frequency serial transmission experiment

HackRVA discussed low-frequency serial transmissions from the speaker to nearby badge LED sensors.

Compatibility: RVA5sec 2016 Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

RVA5sec 2016 Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

The official interview includes badge imagery, but this pass did not recover a reusable image license or explicit permission, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The record remains image-free rather than copying article media.

RVA5sec 2016 Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No RVA5sec 2016 Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

RVA5sec 2016 Badge note

source-depth caveat · official interview · documented

The public source documents behavior and production context through an interview rather than a full hardware repository or final attendee manual.

The record avoids claiming a recovered schematic, BOM, final firmware tree, or complete CTF source.

Resources

RVAsec badge archive official badge archive · Official RVAsec badge archive tying the 2016 interview into the public RVAsec badge lineage. HackRVA 2016 badge interview official badge-team interview · Official HackRVA interview documenting the 2016 badge, team process, production quantity, USB reflashing, CTF focus, and serial-transmission experimentation.

Sources

RVAsec: RVAsec badge archive Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official archive context for the RVAsec badge lineage. RVAsec / HackRVA: Hack.RVA: 2016 Badges! Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for 2016 badge hardware reuse, USB reflashing, CTF challenge focus, quality-check count, and credits.