Issue dossier

The serial CTF mini game was removed when Kernelcon 2020 became virtual, so the record documents planned/offline capability without claiming that the mini game ran at the event.

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

Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge note

virtual-event behavior caveat · project-owner source · historical

The badge remains an electronic artifact, but its event-game behavior is kept narrower than the original hardware capability.

Badge: Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge
Category: virtual-event behavior caveat
Severity: note
Confidence: project-owner source
Status: historical
Timeframe: 2020 event pivot
Source note: ZonkSec retrospective and kernelcon-2020-badge README.

Evidence

Related Resources

badge talk metadata

Kernelcon2020 Badge talk

Talk record for Tyler Rosonke and Aaron Gunning explaining the Hack-Master badge production story.

Badge: Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge

event metadata

Kernelcon 2020 InfoconDB record

InfoconDB event record for the March 25-28, 2020 virtual Kernelcon context.

Badge: Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge

hardware archive

Kernelcon 2020 badge repository

Public ZonkSec repository preserving ATmega328P, dual-PCB, image-reel, LED, serial, EEPROM, and pogo-pin programming notes.

Badge: Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge

Source trail

Evidence Sources

InfoconDB · retrieved 2026-05-15

Kernelcon2020 Badge: nonononoyes

Talk metadata source naming Tyler Rosonke and Aaron Gunning and summarizing the badge-making presentation.

Badge: Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge

ZonkSec GitHub repository · retrieved 2026-05-15

kernelcon-2020-badge README

Primary source for the Hack-Master dual-PCB badge, ATmega328P-AU, three AAA power, nine APA102 LEDs, backlit image reel, serial mini-game removal, EEPROM, and ICSP pogo-pin programming.

Badge: Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge