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Payment Village DC33 Vulnerable ATM Badge note

hardware, software, and operational-detail gap · historical programme description · named large physical educational artifact; implementation unrecovered

The recovered programme establishes a named large physical ATM attack-surface simulation, but does not publish a board, electronics, readers, card interfaces, controller, display, lights, power system, enclosure, dimensions, weight, internal mechanism, final unit, firmware, application, challenge environment, source archive, operating procedure, safety guidance, or test result. The current 2026 introductory talk does not close those gaps.

The catalogue records the real high-level artifact without publishing operational payment-security instructions or turning programme language into a technical teardown, safety assessment, or reproducible design.

Source note: Preserved DEF CON 33 programme copy and Payment Village's official DEF CON 34 programme.

DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge note

hardware, software, radio, NFC, and safety specification boundary · official product-description review · high-level planned electronics published; technical release unrecovered

The listing names an RP2040, LoRa, NFC, 48 RGB LEDs, MicroPython, touch points, and SAO V1.69bis, but does not identify components, radio band/configuration/compliance, antenna, NFC chip or data behavior, LED parts/current, touch method, board revision, schematic, BOM, firmware, source license, power, battery, charging, connector pinout, electrical limits, test results, safety guidance, privacy practice, or final-unit parity. Its stated future GitHub publication is not treated as already released.

The record makes the organizer-published design intent discoverable without converting sales copy into a finalized, safe, interoperable, privacy-reviewed, or source-released device.

Source note: Hack Your Lives DEFCON Furs 2026 assembled-badge listing, retrieved 2026-09-03.

BSides Greenville 2023 Wi-Fi Analyzer Badge note

hardware, soldering, and software archive boundary · public event and attendee-source review · conversion activity documented; technical archive not recovered

The reviewed sources establish a conference-badge transformation activity and a reported Wi-Fi-analyzer outcome, but no schematic, BOM, Gerbers, PCB source, conversion instructions, component list, firmware, software, licence, source repository, build instructions, power guidance, radio configuration, or test record was recovered.

The compendium records the physical badge-conversion activity without inventing a circuit, analyzer implementation, radio behavior, data-collection practice, safe build procedure, or reproducible technical design.

Source note: CyberSC's BSides Greenville 2023 listing, Mike Holcomb's contemporaneous BSidesGVL announcement, and Brian Herring's public attendee report.

MF Doom SAO v2 (DEF CON 34) note

hardware, surface-mount, and connector documentation gap · maker SAO label and high-level surface-mount statement · artifact class and one fabrication change named; engineering details undisclosed

Public sources call the item an SAO and say v2 parts will be surface mounted, but do not identify the specific parts, controller, connector model/pinout, SAO version, power requirements, circuit, schematic, BOM, PCB/Gerbers, mechanical design, assembly/test process, safety guidance, host compatibility, or compliance evidence.

The record preserves the verified artifact classification and v2 fabrication statement without inventing electronics, connector behavior, or electrical safety properties.

Source note: u/Truth-Miserable MF Doom SAO v2 Reddit post and DEFCON 34 Badgelife Form response.

BSides Cape Town 2019 Badge note

hardware-archive caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs schematic, PCB, and BOM recovery

The original making-of post and GPL-3.0 firmware repository are recovered, but this pass still did not recover public schematic, PCB, BOM, manufacturing, case source, production-count, or image-rights material for the 2019 badge.

The entry can now describe the badge hardware and firmware from primary sources while avoiding unsupported board-layout, production-run, or image-reuse claims.

Source note: Tony Mamacos making-of post, tonym128 firmware repository, 8bitresearch post, and Hackster project.

THcon 2026 Badge note

hardware-detail and archive gap · official and first-hand source · needs official source-archive recovery

The official page and a first-hand teardown now identify the ESP32-C6-WROOM-1, SSD1306 OLED, WS2812 LED, ATC24C04 EEPROM, SAO connector, single-cell/TP4056 power path, and CH340C bridge. They still do not establish OLED resolution, buttons, SAO pinout, battery capacity/protection, charger settings, board revision, schematic, BOM, Gerbers, official firmware source, canonical binary, release, or license.

The catalogue can distinguish observed artifact details from the unrecovered official archive while avoiding unsupported production, electrical-safety, design-file, firmware, or reuse claims.

Source note: THcon 2026 official B.A.D.G.E. page and Virtualabs THCon 2026 first-hand teardown.

Bug Bounty Village DC33 BBV Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs schematic or firmware recovery

The official page proves four buttons, four LEDs, challenge flags, and hardware-hacking acknowledgement, but it does not publish component identifiers, schematic, firmware, PCB files, battery details, or production notes.

The catalogue records only the verified badge behavior and avoids inventing electronics beyond the public BBV Badge 2025 source.

Source note: Bug Bounty Village BBV Badge 2025 page.

BIC Village DC33 BIC Pick Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · primary badge page · documented

The official source proves a commemorative Afro-pick badge artifact but does not publish a schematic, controller, firmware, PCB source, component list, material specification, or production quantity.

The catalogue treats the BIC Pick as a physical commemorative and identity artifact, not as an electronic badge unless primary technical documentation appears.

Source note: BIC Pick badge page and BIC Village 2025 event summary.

BSides Orlando 2018 Discrete Marquee Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but intentionally narrow · needs schematic or BOM recovery

The public project record proves a simple discrete marquee attendee kit, but this pass did not recover public schematics, BOM, assembly guide, firmware, battery, controller, LED count, or event-game documentation.

The catalogue keeps the record as a source-backed kit badge and avoids inventing electronics beyond the published discrete marquee description.

Source note: Hackaday.io BSides Orlando 2018 Badge project.

CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official registration source · needs hardware archive recovery

The recovered official sources prove that CactusCon 8 offered an electronic badge option and issued printed or electronic badges by ticket type, but they do not describe electronics, manufacturer, firmware, challenge behavior, production count, final appearance, or distribution beyond ticket entitlement.

The catalogue records the badge as a real registration-tier artifact without upgrading it into a specific PCB platform or game badge.

Source note: CactusCon registration update and Friday/Saturday registration pages.

ShmooCon 2018 WiFi Rocket Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · corroborated but incomplete · needs deeper archive recovery

Public sources in this pass describe the badge's role, ESP8266 class, LED behavior, enclosure, and production trouble, but no complete schematic, firmware repository, BOM, or official badge guide was recovered.

The catalogue avoids claiming pinouts, radio firmware internals, LED counts, or final production files until an official or creator archive is found.

Source note: MaxVT attendee report, Hackaday.io project-owner log, and ShmooCon organizer deck.

HITCON CMT 2017 MediaTek Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but intentionally narrow · needs public technical archive

The recovered official sources document the electronic badge, MediaTek chipset, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, joystick/game-controller input, infrared, LED display, Hackermon, Snake, and premium-ticket distribution, but do not recover a schematic, BOM, firmware repository, production count, or exact part numbers.

The dossier records the verified platform and challenge claims while avoiding unsupported component-level or firmware claims.

Source note: HITCON CMT 2017 events and ticketing pages.

HITCON CMT 2023 NFC Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but intentionally narrow · needs public technical archive

The recovered sources document badge mini-game behavior, card readers, NFC-reader inspection, and welcome-kit inclusion, but do not identify an exact chip, NFC tag type, memory layout, schematic, or firmware repository.

The dossier records the verified interaction model while avoiding unsupported component-level or security-primitive claims.

Source note: HITCON CMT 2023 event, location, and ticketing pages.

HITCON CMT 2024 PCB Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but intentionally narrow · needs public schematic or firmware archive

Recovered official sources document PCB badge behavior, BadUSB play, docking, score mechanics, and programmer/FTDI support, but this pass does not recover a stable schematic, BOM, chip list, pinout, or direct firmware repository URL.

The dossier records the verified interaction model while avoiding unsupported component-level claims.

Source note: HITCON CMT 2024 event, ticketing, and PCB Badge guide pages.

OzSecCon 2018 Speaker Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs artifact documentation

The public source shows a green PCB-form speaker credential but does not disclose whether it had powered circuitry, firmware, components, schematic, NFC, RF, display, or challenge behavior.

The catalogue records only the proved speaker-badge artifact and visible PCB-form context until direct technical documentation appears.

Source note: MOS & BOO OzSecCon 2018 conference wrap-up.

BSides Melbourne 2020 Lanyard and Registration Artifact note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but no technical badge archive · needs primary badge archive

The recovered official sources do not disclose whether the 2020 lanyard or any associated credential had electronics, special printing, serial numbers, NFC, QR behavior, or any programmable surface.

The catalogue keeps the record to registration and lanyard evidence until direct badge documentation appears.

Source note: BSides Melbourne 2020 schedule and sponsor page.

BSides Melbourne 2023 Identity Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but no technical badge archive · needs primary badge archive

The recovered official sources do not disclose whether the 2023 credential had electronics, special printing, serial numbers, NFC, QR behavior, or any programmable surface.

The catalogue keeps the record to badge/lanyard identity, access, photo-consent, and interaction-protocol behavior until direct badge documentation appears.

Source note: BSides Melbourne 2023 attendee communications, archive, and schedules.

BSides Melbourne 2024 Identity Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but no technical badge archive · needs primary badge archive

The recovered official sources do not disclose whether the 2024 credential had electronics, special printing, serial numbers, NFC, QR behavior, or any programmable surface.

The catalogue keeps the record to badge/lanyard identity and preference-marker behavior until direct badge documentation appears.

Source note: BSides Melbourne 2024 sponsorship prospectus.

BSides Melbourne 2026 Lanyard Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · primary source-backed but incomplete · needs artifact documentation

The public sources prove badges and lanyards, but this pass did not recover material, dimensions, printer, serial behavior, NFC, QR workflow, electronics, schematic, firmware, or final artwork details.

The catalogue keeps the record to the proved participant badge/lanyard claim until direct badge documentation or a rights-cleared original photo appears.

Source note: BSides Melbourne 2026 sponsorship package and sponsor page.

BSides Canberra 2019 Nopia 1337 Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but incomplete technical archive · needs primary 2019 badge archive

The recovered 2019 sources prove an electronic badge and badge firmware reflashing activity, but not a public component list, schematic, firmware repository, board name, or distribution count.

The entry is now separated from the 2018 BUSSide record and keeps 2019 claims limited to what the official pages prove.

Source note: BSides Canberra 2019 tickets and Hardware Hacking Village page.

BSides Canberra 2024 Orc Blinky Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs official schematic or repository recovery

The recovered sources prove electronic badge inclusion and document the shipped 555-timer blinky circuit at a high level, but this pass did not recover an official schematic, BOM, PCB files, component values, or production repository.

The catalogue records the verified orc blinky badge without inventing chip pinouts, LED counts, exact component values, board revisions, or source-code claims.

Source note: BSides Canberra 2024 Humanitix page and attendee badge writeup.

BSides Canberra 2026 Planned Electronic Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · primary source-backed but incomplete · needs badge-team release or post-event writeup

The public ticketing source proves electronic badge inclusion, but this pass did not recover a 2026 schematic, BOM, PCB file, firmware repository, final component list, production note, or shipped-badge teardown.

The catalogue does not infer microcontrollers, displays, batteries, radios, add-on connectors, games, or firmware behavior until those details are published.

Source note: BSides Canberra 2026 Humanitix ticketing page and official CFP.

CrikeyCon 2017 Identity and Speaker Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but no technical archive · needs primary badge archive

The recovered official sources do not disclose whether the 2017 attendee or speaker badge had electronics, special printing, serial numbers, NFC, QR behavior, or any programmable surface.

The catalogue keeps the record to badge pickup and speaker-credential evidence until direct badge documentation appears.

Source note: CrikeyCon 2017 archive and CFP pages.

CrikeyCon V 2018 Identity and Speaker Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but no technical archive · needs primary badge archive

The recovered official source does not disclose whether the 2018 attendee or speaker badge had electronics, special printing, serial numbers, NFC, QR behavior, or any programmable surface.

The catalogue keeps the record to badge pickup and speaker-credential evidence until direct badge documentation appears.

Source note: CrikeyCon V official archive page.

CrikeyCon VI 2019 Identity and Support Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but no technical archive · needs primary badge archive

The recovered official source does not disclose whether the 2019 attendee, staff, Friendly Bear, or speaker badges had electronics, special printing, serial numbers, NFC, QR behavior, or any programmable surface.

The catalogue keeps the record to badge pickup, staff/support identification, and speaker-credential evidence until direct badge documentation appears.

Source note: CrikeyCon VI official archive page.

CrikeyCon VII 2021 Identity and Connect Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but no technical archive · needs primary badge archive

The recovered official sources do not disclose whether the 2021 credential or Connect badge had electronics, special printing, serial numbers, NFC, QR behavior, or any programmable surface.

The catalogue keeps the record to badge pickup and Connect-helper signalling until direct badge documentation appears.

Source note: CrikeyCon VII schedule and events pages.

CrikeyCon IX 2024 Identity and Accessibility Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · official source but no technical archive · needs primary badge archive

The recovered official sources do not disclose whether the 2024 credential had electronics, special printing, serial numbers, NFC, QR behavior, or any programmable surface.

The catalogue keeps the record to badge pickup and accessibility-pin signalling until direct badge documentation appears.

Source note: CrikeyCon IX schedule and Humanitix ticketing.

BSides Adelaide 2026 Identity Lanyard Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs post-event badge archive

The recovered sources do not document whether the 2026 badge was paper, plastic, seed paper, PCB, lanyard-only, QR/NFC-enabled, or otherwise electronically active.

The record is deliberately limited to printing, lanyard, badge support, and event-ticketing evidence until official post-event photos, production notes, or technical archives appear.

Source note: BSides Adelaide 2026 sponsor brief, current sponsorship page, Humanitix ticketing, and CFP.

BSides Perth 2026 Participant Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · primary source-backed but incomplete · needs post-event badge archive

The official source proves a badge in the 2026 participant swag bundle, but this pass did not recover public evidence for electronics, PCB files, firmware, badge artwork, dimensions, lanyard details, serial numbering, NFC/QR behavior, or production files.

The catalogue models the artifact as a planned identity/swag badge and avoids upgrading it into an electronic badge.

Source note: BSides Perth 2026 event page and Humanitix ticketing context.

Kiwicon 2038 Intro to Badge Hacking Training Badge note

hardware-detail caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs public schematic or participant notes

The official source documents supplied electrical components, tools, soldering, IC programming, and Arduino IDE use, but not the exact PCB, chip, battery, display, schematic, or firmware.

The record avoids inventing component-level details until a workshop handout, schematic, or first-hand writeup is recovered.

Source note: Kiwicon 2038 Intro to Badge Hacking page.

BSides Cape Town 2017 RFCat Badge note

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

The current public source describes visible badge components and challenge behavior, but does not recover schematics, board files, bill of materials, firmware for the ESP badge, or a full original badge-team build writeup.

The record preserves the source-backed two-part badge without inventing component-level details that are not public in the recovered sources.

Source note: SensePost writeup and released RFCat challenge gist.

BSides Vilnius 2026 Badge note

hardware-detail gap · official repository but incomplete · needs deeper archive recovery

The repository identifies the STM32H563RIT6 MCU, SAO connector, environmental sensor, LCD, and USB DFU, but the exact LCD part and resolution, button count and layout, power source, and any wireless radio are not identified in the recovered sources.

The catalogue records the verified hardware surface without inventing component-level display, input, power, or radio details.

Source note: BSides-Vilnius/badge2026 repository .ioc file and firmware threads.

BSidesTLV 2025 Infinity Glove Electronic Badge note

hardware-detail gap · source-backed but intentionally narrow · needs public schematic or firmware archive

The official source proves an electronic Infinity Glove badge and hardware CTF framing, but this pass did not recover component lists, schematics, board files, firmware, or challenge-source archives.

The record preserves badge existence, distribution, and CTF framing while avoiding unsupported component-level claims.

Source note: BSidesTLV 2025 electronic badge page.

Hackaday Supercon 2019 FPGA Badge note

hardware-errata caveat · primary repository · documented

The PCB repository documents practical hardware quirks including swapped SAO signal names/silkscreen, an oscillator routing caveat for Lattice Diamond, larger-than-intended buttons, and intentional lack of USB power operation.

The badge is a serious open FPGA platform, but catalogue readers should not treat the public PCB as a frictionless reference design without reading the errata.

Source note: Spritetm/hadbadge2019_pcb README and Hackaday.io hardware overview.

JawnCon 0x1 Modem Badge note

hardware-family discrepancy · source-backed discrepancy · documented

JawnCon's official badge write-up describes the badge PCB as an ESP32 radio plus level shifter and LEDs, while Hackaday and the linked RetroWiFiModem repository describe ESP8266 / Wemos D1 lineage.

The catalogue preserves both source trails and avoids asserting a single microcontroller family until a JawnCon-specific schematic, BOM, or firmware fork is recovered.

Source note: JawnCon 0x1 modem badge write-up, Hackaday coverage, and mecparts RetroWiFiModem README.

BSides Des Moines 2026 Badge note

hardware-form-factor gap · firmware-only repository · needs hardware archive recovery

The repository documents the CH585, NFC, SK6812 LEDs, buttons, and audio in firmware but contains no PCB gerbers, KiCad or schematic files, board layout, power source, or physical form factor.

The catalogue records the verified firmware and challenge surface without inventing physical-form-factor, power, or hardware-design details.

Source note: iot-pwn/bsidesdsm26 repository file tree.

BadgESC{21} Badge note

hardware-license, firmware-license, and image-rights scope · organizer repository licence statement · schematics licence published; broader asset rights unresolved

The organizer repository says its schematics are licensed under CERN-OHL-S v2, but the reviewed sources do not establish a single licence covering every firmware component, case file, photograph, screenshot, project image, or upstream render. No selected badge image has the required source URL, reusable licence or explicit permission basis, attribution, and processing provenance.

The catalogue may describe the source-backed hardware archive but publishes no image and does not treat a hardware licence as blanket permission to reuse media or unrelated project files.

Source note: End Summer Camp badge-2025 README and repository-hosted CERN-OHL-S v2 text.

LayerOne 2018 ESP32 Alexa Badge note

hardware-media rights caveat · local project policy · documented

Visible official, Hackaday, and Hackaday.io media prove the badge and add-on context, but no specific LayerOne 2018 badge photo or full upstream raster has been paired with complete reusable image license or permission, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying article photos, event media, repository screenshots, or project images without full provenance.

Source note: badge.gallery image policy, LayerOne HHV page, Hackaday article media, GitHub repository, and mmca Hackaday.io project media.