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A credible 2025 retrospective describes a workshop-only Electronic Cats NFC/OLED badge with a 100-unit run. The official 2026 diploma page does not name Electronic Cats, reuse that hardware description, state a recipient count, or say the badge is a revision of the 2025 artifact.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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prior-year technology non-transferability · official 2026 page and 2025 retrospective · 2025 technical trail retained as historical context only
Known 2025 NFC/OLED details cannot be presented as the 2026 diploma badge's components, maker, challenge, quantity, or eligibility conditions.
- Badge
- DragonJARCON 2026 Diploma-Track Electronic Badge
- Category
- prior-year technology non-transferability
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official 2026 page and 2025 retrospective
- Status
- 2025 technical trail retained as historical context only
- Timeframe
- 2026 source review
- Source note
- DragonJARCON 2026 official pages and Fluid Attacks' DragonJARCON 2025 retrospective.
official event and package page
Primary current source for the September 10-11 Medellín conference, the September 14-18 in-person Offensive Security Diploma, the included conference entry, and the package's exclusive electronic-badge wording.
Badge: DragonJARCON 2026 Diploma-Track Electronic Badge
official event page
Official source for the planned thirteenth edition, Centro de Eventos El Tesoro location, standard 2026 kit, and CTF context. It does not say the standard conference ticket includes an electronic badge.
Badge: DragonJARCON 2026 Diploma-Track Electronic Badge
secondary event retrospective
Credible retrospective documenting the separate 2025 Electronic Cats NFC/OLED badge and workshop-only allocation. It is retained solely as a non-transferability boundary, not as proof of any 2026 component, maker, allocation, or behavior.
Badge: DragonJARCON 2026 Diploma-Track Electronic Badge
DragonJAR Security Conference · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official source for the planned DragonJARCON 2026 / Medellín context and the five-day Offensive Security Diploma package that explicitly lists an exclusive electronic badge.
Badge: DragonJARCON 2026 Diploma-Track Electronic Badge
DragonJAR Security Conference · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official source for the planned September 10-11 thirteenth-edition conference, venue, standard kit, and CTF context; it does not describe a standard-ticket electronic badge.
Badge: DragonJARCON 2026 Diploma-Track Electronic Badge
Fluid Attacks · retrieved 2026-05-15
Secondary retrospective explaining that the 2025 Electronic Cats NFC/OLED badge was limited to 100 workshop recipients. It establishes a prior-year boundary rather than a 2026 technical or allocation claim.
Badge: DragonJARCON 2026 Diploma-Track Electronic Badge