Issue dossier
NilbinSec's sources connect the planned SAO to DEF CON, villages, Badgelife, and its own Spectre Sniffer purchase context, but no reviewed source says DEF CON issued, funded, endorsed, includes, requires, or guarantees the artifact; grants admission; replaces a Human badge; or verifies village distribution.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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independent DEF CON association and credential boundary · maker self-submission and product statements · independent planned BadgeLife association documented
The catalogue tracks a public independent event association without presenting the SAO as official conference hardware, an access credential, a registration benefit, a sanctioned village item, or proof of organizer endorsement.
- Badge
- NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- independent DEF CON association and credential boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- maker self-submission and product statements
- Status
- independent planned BadgeLife association documented
- Timeframe
- DEF CON 34 source pass
- Source note
- NilbinSec roster response, Bluesky post, Spectre Sniffer listing, and maker profile.
first-party maker Bluesky post
Direct NilbinSec Bluesky reply in the Spectre Sniffer launch thread stating that a purchase includes a PAC-MAN Ghost SAO and supports bringing more than 1,500 free SAOs to Vegas. It does not say whether that included SAO is mechanically/electrically identical to every planned 1,000-unit giveaway artifact.
Badge: NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)
maker product listing with companion-SA0 statement
NilbinSec's live product listing says the Spectre Sniffer includes one Pac-Man Ghost SAO in one of four colors. It corroborates a companion-artifact statement, not the 1,000-unit giveaway count, 2026 revision mapping, hardware details, or reusable-image permission.
Badge: NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)
maker profile
Public profile identifying NilbinSec as the current product-listing maker. It supplies no companion-SA0 technical archive, source release, licence, distribution record, or image-rights grant.
Badge: NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)
public maker self-submission roster
NilbinSec's public current-event row calling PAC MAN Ghost SAO a new, free SAO, stating a 1,000-unit giveaway, social-media/village drop wording, and a planned GitHub release on DEF CON Day 1. It is a maker self-submission, not proof of completed production/distribution, final hardware, or image rights.
Badge: NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)
NilbinSec / Bluesky · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary first-party post stating that a Spectre Sniffer purchase includes a PAC-MAN Ghost SAO and helps fund over 1,500 free Vegas SAOs. It documents a current maker statement, not a count/category mapping between purchase-included and free-giveaway units.
Badge: NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)
NilbinSec / Uberflux · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary maker listing saying one Pac-Man Ghost SAO in one of four colors is included with the Spectre Sniffer. It does not identify the companion's circuitry, connector, color allocation, relationship to the standalone giveaway, final 2026 design, distribution, or image rights.
Badge: NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)
NilbinSec public self-submission · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary current-event maker self-submission for the new/free PAC MAN Ghost SAO classification, announced 1,000-unit giveaway, planned social-media/village drops, and planned Day-1 GitHub posting. It does not prove final manufacture, handoff, recipient allocation, exact color/revision, technical design, official status, or media rights.
Badge: NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)
Uberflux · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public maker-profile source corroborating NilbinSec as the listing publisher. It has no independent PAC-MAN Ghost SAO engineering, availability, licence, or image-rights evidence.
Badge: NilbinSec PAC-MAN Ghost SAO (DEF CON 34)