Issue dossier

Public sources prove BSides Tampa 2018 event context, electronic badge assembly activity, and a visible badge/lanyard artifact, but this pass did not recover schematic, BOM, firmware, assembly instructions, controller part, battery details, or challenge-source material.

A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.

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hardware-source caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs badge-team archive

The record captures the source-backed artifact without inventing electronics or software behavior beyond the public evidence.

Badge
BSides Tampa 2018 Badge
Category
hardware-source caveat
Severity
note
Confidence
source-backed but incomplete
Status
needs badge-team archive
Timeframe
current North America pass
Source note
St. Petersburg College attendee report, Wikimedia Commons photo metadata, and badge.gallery inclusion policy.

Evidence

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Source trail

Evidence Sources

BSides Tampa · retrieved 2026-05-15

BSides Tampa

Current official site anchoring the Tampa Bay Security BSides lineage; not used for image reuse.

Badge: BSides Tampa 2018 Badge

Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-05-15

HackerCon Badges.jpg

CC BY-SA 4.0 documentary photo source by Sephiroth storm showing a visible BSides Tampa 2018 badge/lanyard artifact; used for image provenance and artifact visibility, not component-level hardware specification.

Badge: BSides Tampa 2018 Badge