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BSides Peoria

Central Illinois Security BSides lineage, represented by a source-bounded 2025 independent ESP32 Badge Challenge project and an organizer-confirmed planned 2026 conference badge. The 2025 maker archive and organizer retrospective establish a real event-linked electronic-badge context without an organizer-to-project linkage or attendee-allocation record; 2026 sponsorship materials establish a planned badge run and sponsor-logo surface only.

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BSides Peoria 2025 2025 · United States · 1 badge(s) BSides Peoria 2026 2026 · United States · 1 badge(s)

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Central Illinois Security BSides lineage, represented by a source-bounded 2025 independent ESP32 Badge Challenge project and an organizer-confirmed planned 2026 conference badge. The 2025 maker archive and organizer retrospective establish a real event-linked electronic-badge context without an organizer-to-project linkage or attendee-allocation record; 2026 sponsorship materials establish a planned badge run and sponsor-logo surface only.

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BSides Peoria 2025 · 2025

BSides Peoria 2025 HackTheBadge Challenge Badge

Maker-published one-off ESP32 badge-challenge device

A source-bounded independent BSides Peoria 2025 challenge-badge dossier. Technet8394's event-period public HackTheBadge README calls the work "My ESP32 code for the BSides Peoria Badge Challenge 2025." Its later source release documents an ESP32, a 240×320 ILI9341 TFT panel, two batteries, and wiring. BSides Peoria's official 2025 announcement establishes the October 25 Bradley University event, and its 2026 organizer retrospective says the prior edition drew nearly 350 people and had electronic badges. No reviewed organizer source links this specific maker project to a main attendee badge, official issuance, or completed handoff, so the catalogue keeps it as an independent event-associated challenge device.

BSides Peoria 2026 · 2026

BSides Peoria 2026 Planned Conference Badge

Planned Illinois Security BSides badge with sponsor-logo surface

A conservative planned Illinois Security BSides conference-badge record from organizer sponsorship material. The BSides Peoria 2026 call for sponsors says organizers are locking in badge runs, and the official 2026 prospectus includes a Logo on Badge sponsorship benefit. The official home places the October 24 event at Bradley University, but these pre-event sources do not establish a final credential form, electronics, ticket inclusion, allocation, or delivery.