RVAsec

RVAsec 2018

The June 7-8, 2018 RVAsec edition whose HackRVA recap, public badge wiki, official layout, and CTF page document more than 300 electronic hardware badges with games, puzzles, two-channel audio, and badge-hacking challenge context.

Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Virginia · United States · 2018

RVAsec 2018 Badge

HackRVA's 2018 recap and badge wiki document more than 300 RVAsec electronic hardware badges with badge games, puzzles, two-channel audio behavior, challenge content, and badge-hacking competition context.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

RVAsec 2018 Badge source-backed

badge challenge surface

Badge games and puzzles

HackRVA's recap documents games and puzzles as part of the 2018 hardware badge experience.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2018 Badge

RVAsec 2018 Badge source-backed

event challenge context

Badge-hacking CTF room

RVAsec layout and CTF sources place badge hacking and badge-challenge material in the 2018 CTF conference flow.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2018 Badge

RVAsec 2018 Badge source-backed

software/audio behavior

Two-channel audio behavior

The HackRVA recap documents two-channel audio behavior on the 2018 badge.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2018 Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

RVAsec 2018 Badge note

component-source gap · source-limited · unrecovered

The public trail proves electronic hardware badges and badge software/challenge behavior, but no complete 2018 schematic, BOM, PCB source, final firmware tree, or manufacturing archive was recovered in this pass.

The record avoids unverified controller, pinout, schematic, or production-detail claims.

RVAsec 2018 Badge note

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

The available HackRVA/RVAsec pages include useful badge evidence, but this pass did not recover a specific 2018 badge image with reusable license or explicit permission, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The record remains image-free rather than copying article photos, wiki media, screenshots, or generated replacements.

RVAsec 2018 Badge note

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

No RVAsec 2018 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.

Resources

RVAsec 2018 InfoconDB entry conference archive · InfoconDB archive context for the June 7-8, 2018 event and Badge Intro material. RVAsec CTF archive official CTF archive · Official CTF archive context for the 2018 RVAsec badge challenge and badge-hacking competition surface. RVAsec 7 layout official event layout · Official RVAsec 7 layout source for Richmond Marriott event context, including HackRVA badge-hacking and CTF room placement. RVAsec Badge Build 2018 wiki project wiki · HackRVA wiki page preserving the 2018 badge build coordination trail, date context, and badge-team contact names. 2018 RVAsec HackRVA badges recap project-owner recap · HackRVA post documenting 2018 RVAsec hardware badges, more than 300 produced badges, games, puzzles, and two-channel audio.

Sources

HackRVA: 2018 RVAsec HackRVA Badges Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Project-owner source for 2018 electronic hardware badge production, games, puzzles, and audio behavior. HackRVA Wiki: RVAsec Badge Build 2018 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Project wiki source for build coordination, date context, and named contacts. InfoconDB: RVAsec 2018 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Conference archive source for the 2018 event and Badge Intro context. RVAsec: RVAsec 7 Layout Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official event source placing badge hacking and CTF material in the 2018 conference layout. RVAsec: RVAsec CTF Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official CTF source for badge-challenge context.