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The guide describes a badge-local quest, configurable participant handle, local network settings, saved progress, serial interaction, and reset/recovery concepts, but the reviewed repository exposes no implementation source, firmware/binary, board files, release/tag, license, build/deployment record, challenge-state/data-retention policy, privacy/security review, event terms, vulnerability policy, recovery package, support channel, warranty, or image-reuse grant. The guide itself directs use only of the assigned badge and advertised services.
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challenge-details, participant-data, software-release, support, and license boundary · public Player Guide only · high-level player guide published; complete archive and terms unrecovered
The catalogue intentionally does not reproduce connection credentials, network or local-service details, flags, hidden resources, challenge hints, serial commands, reset steps, or exploit material; it also does not imply a privacy/security review, safe operational configuration, reproducible build, legal reuse, or ongoing support.
- Badge
- The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- challenge-details, participant-data, software-release, support, and license boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- public Player Guide only
- Status
- high-level player guide published; complete archive and terms unrecovered
- Timeframe
- 2026 pre-event source pass
- Source note
- The Shattered Shard Player Guide and repository root, reviewed 2026-08-05.
Evidence
Related Resources
public badge challenge-player documentation
Primary public source for the badge/battery, local Wi-Fi/browser, data-USB, serial-terminal, labelled-SAO, LED-panel, sequential-quest, and assigned-badge-only interaction surface. It is intentionally linked as a player guide without repeating credentials, endpoints, flags, challenge hints, exploit steps, serial commands, or reset procedures in the catalogue.
Badge: The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)
public independent challenge-badge repository
Public GitHub repository whose description calls it the public repository for a DEF CON 34 RM-Cyber challenge badge named The Shattered Shard. The reviewed root exposes a Player Guide only. It establishes a distinct source-backed pre-event challenge-badge project, not RM-Cyber, DEF CON, or organizer authorization; a complete hardware/firmware archive; manufacture; allocation; delivery; or image-reuse rights.
Badge: The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
GitHub / BigDawgDave · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public project source whose repository description identifies The Shattered Shard as a DEF CON 34 RM-Cyber challenge badge. It establishes source-publisher framing and a distinct named project, not a verified organization relationship, official DEF CON issuance, badge creator, physical run, allocation, handoff, credential function, or reusable-image permission.
Badge: The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)
GitHub / BigDawgDave · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary player-facing source describing an assigned electronic badge, a charged battery, badge-local Wi-Fi/browser use, USB/serial and labelled-SAO challenge context, an LED panel, saved progress, and an explicit instruction to use only the assigned badge and services it advertises. It does not publish a complete hardware design, software source, license, sale/giveaway terms, authorized organizer relationship, or post-event outcome.
Badge: The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)