Issue dossier
The organizer announced a main attendee badge and a special VIP edition, while the agenda documents generic registration pickup. None of the reviewed sources supplies a delivery ledger, variant inventory, recipient count, special-edition handoff, individual builder roster, or role-specific design/manufacturing/firmware attribution. The lead organizer's post-event thanks to Ryan Boutot supports only an organizer-recognized electronic-badge contributor credit.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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recipient, variant, and credit scope gap · official event posts and organizer recap · main attendee and planned VIP variant named; detailed fulfillment and individual roles unpublished
The catalogue keeps main-attendee, VIP, event-logistics, and contributor statements distinct instead of treating an advertised variant or a thank-you as universal allocation or sole authorship.
- Badge
- BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
- Category
- recipient, variant, and credit scope gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official event posts and organizer recap
- Status
- main attendee and planned VIP variant named; detailed fulfillment and individual roles unpublished
- Timeframe
- 2026 post-event source review
- Source note
- BSides Maine badge reveal, VIP announcement, 2026 agenda, and Ben Strout organizer recap.
official Security BSides event listing
Security BSides community listing for the May 30, 2026 Hannaford Hall, Portland, Maine event date and venue context.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event agenda
Official event agenda for registration badge/material pickup, conference context, and closing wording that asks whether anyone solved the badge.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event social post
Official pre-event post advertising a special-edition badge as a VIP benefit; it does not describe the variant or prove final handoff.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event social post
Official BSides Maine post stating that the badge was also a puzzle intended for exploration, collaboration, experimentation, and hacking.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event social post
Official BSides Maine post calling the upcoming artifact an electronic badge while withholding a named designer, component list, or technical specification.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event social post
Primary official source naming the main attendee badge a hackable lighthouse with a pulsing beacon on the day before the completed event.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
organizer post-event recap
Lead organizer Ben Strout's public post-event recap identifies BSides Maine as completed and gives Ryan Boutot recognition for the electronic badges, without defining an individual technical role.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge