Issue dossier
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
The 2018 entry cites this only as broader Perth lineage context and does not treat it as direct 2018 behavior proof.
Evidence
Official 2018 event page for the Western Australian BSides edition.
Australian Cyber Security Magazine report documenting more than 300 delegates and a handmade conference badge using a NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi SoC.
Australian Cyber Security Magazine source for the September 15-16, 2018 UWA Business School event, redesigned badges, and badge-hack prize.
Sponsor-pack transcript corroborating the BSides Perth pattern of hackable smart badges and past electronic badges with schedule, sponsor-message, and CTF-challenge behavior, kept as lineage context rather than direct 2018 component proof.
Source trail
Contemporary event report source for more than 300 delegates and the handmade NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi SoC conference badge.
Contemporary pre-event source for September 15-16, 2018 dates, UWA Business School venue, redesigned badges, and badge-hack prize context.
Retrospective source for the broader BSides Perth hackable smart badge lineage; used only as context for past electronic badge behavior, not as standalone proof of 2018 component details.