Official PN26 Electronic Badge
Primary source proving that the artifact was the official PN26 electronic badge and documenting hardware, firmware, tooling, production, caveats, and thanks.
Evidence index
Sources
Primary docs, public wikis, repositories, talks, press writeups, and first-hand notes used to support badge pages.
1884 matching source(s)
Official PN26 Electronic Badge
Project-owner source for the public PN27 MK.II planning statement, future date, and expected follow-up direction from the PN26 ESL badge.
BSides Kristiansand Badge CTF 2025
Attendee technical source for RP2040/MicroPython evidence, front LEDs, USB connector, exposed pins, battery holder, button, Morse-code markings, USB ACM serial access, Wi-Fi AP, embedded web server, challenge pages, REPL, filesystem, and encrypted flag database behavior.
Cyber Saiyan
Public community identity for the team credited on the official badge page and repository.
MOCA 2024
Primary source for the MOCA 2024 RHC22 badge workshop, best-firmware-hack contest, and bring-your-badge instructions.
RHC22 Badge
Primary firmware and README source for hardware, shipped firmware, toolchain, filesystem upload, and firmware upload instructions.
moca2024 firmware branch
Source branch for MOCA 2024 badge firmware continuation.
CyberThreat
Primary source for CyberThreat's SANS/NCSC context, London 2024 event recap, in-person and online attendance, Secure Impact hackable badges, nine challenge count, and walkthrough links.
Hackable Badge Challenge Walkthrough: A Nice Edit
Primary technical source for ATmega1284P processor, FTDI serial converter, ISP versus bootloader programming context, avrdude `-D` write guidance, firmware checksum validation, CRC16/XMODEM repair, and all-nine-challenges completion.
Hackable Badge Challenge Walkthrough: Echo Service
Primary technical source for USB serial behavior, Optiboot at 115200 baud, avrdude flash dump command, Ghidra firmware analysis, and buffer-overflow challenge behavior.
Videos de linux.conf.au 2016
Secondary video-list source corroborating a public LCA2016 session titled ESP8266 ESPlant (Wi-Fi garden sensors) design and operation and related Open Hardware Miniconf assembly sessions.
Building an Unofficial Badge for GrrCon 2024
Primary first-hand source proving BadgeBuddy's GrrCON 2024 context, unofficial friend-distribution scope of roughly thirty badges, component list, proximity behavior, backpack companion, and GitHub release trail.
History of CypherCon
Official event history source for CypherCon 2.0 dates, Discovery World venue, 525 attendees, The Cube badge, TYMKRS attribution, and badge-creator panel context.
Badge Panel | CypherCon 2.0
Official-history-linked panel source preserving badge-creator discussion at the 2017 event.
CypherCon 2 Badges
Official-history-linked video source preserving the Cube badge explanation.
My SAINTCON badge came today
First-hand source proving the shipped badge package, badge itself, included MiniBadge, custom-MiniBadge coupon, and HC CTF badge context without granting image reuse.
Badge Shipment Delay
Official source for the August 7, 2025 shipment-delay notice stating that cash-line attendees were getting paper badges while DEF CON awaited the delayed physical badge shipment.
DEF CON 17 Badge Hacking Contest
Official contest-results source for 32 entries, Zoz's winning anti-surveillance system, Team Hack the Badge's second-place blimp, 501d3r Guy's third-place dialer/amplifier, and the combined seven-badge honorable mention.
DEF CON 19 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 19 event framing, dates, and Rio Hotel location.
DEF CON 19 program
Official program source for the non-electronic badge decision, titanium material, waterjet fabrication, kiln oxidation, variant secrecy, puzzle framing, and Ryan 1o57 Clarke authorship.
DEF CON 20 Hacking Conference
Official event source for dates, venue, badge firmware availability, conference DVD badge materials, and badge-contest writeup links.
DEF CON 21 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 21 conference context, contest archive links, press archive, and post-event material release.
DEF CON 22 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for dates, venue, badge-code release note, badge-hacking-file torrent, and Hardware Hacking Village context.
DEF CON 23 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 23 context, conference materials, contest links, and post-event archive records.
DEF CON 24 Hacking Conference
Official archive source for DEF CON 24 event context, badge contest forum link, Council of 9 badge walkthrough link, CD torrents, and black-badge material.
DEF CON 25 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 25 timing, venue, post-event archive context, and linked conference materials.
DEF CON 26 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 26 context, venue split, firmware update/writeup notice, and media-server badge-material references.
DEF CON 27 Hacking Conference
Official host-event archive source for DEF CON 27 context around the Queercon 16 badge record.
DEF CON 29 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 29 context, FAQ and badge links, and post-con material references.
DEF CON 30 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 30 timing, venues, Hacker Homecoming context, badge-talk video notice, and media archive pointers.
DEF CON 31 Badge News!
Official source for the SAO customization slot preview, add-on design-assets pointer, and spux badge-designer credit.
DEF CON 31 Call for Badge Designers
Official source for the non-electronic physical badge mandate, MK Factor context, and planned badge production scale.
DEF CON 31 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 31 dates, venues, and conference context.
DEF CON 31 Vendors
Official source connecting Mar Williams to the year's official DEF CON badge and identifying their DEF CON artist role.
DEF CON 32 Badge Redirect
Official badge-update path proving defcon.org/badge/32 as the public patch/archive handoff URL.
DEF CON 32 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 32 dates, venue, prices, and post-con archive links.
DEF CON 32 News
Official source for badge sale and extra-badge posts, first-RP2350-board wording, save-issue patch notice, and DEF CON's response to badge controversy.
DEF CON 33 Hacking Conference
Official source for DEF CON 33 dates, venue, conference context, cash receipt link, contest results link, and media-server path.
DEF CON 33 Hacking Conference - News
Official source for DC33 public event timeline and post-event publication context.
DEF CON 33 Villages
Official event source placing Biohacking Village at DEF CON 33 and describing the village as an immersive healthcare, medical-technology, and cybersecurity area.
DEF CON 34
Official homepage source for DEF CON 34 dates, LVCC West Hall location, Agency theme, and preregistration news.
DEF CON 34 Badge Alert: SAO Edition
Official social source for DEF CON 34 being an electronic badge year, a hardware-hacking-legend teaser, and the pre-event SAO spec sheet release.
DEF CON Singapore
Official event-context source for the April 28-30, 2026 DEF CON Singapore conference at Marina Bay Sands; this source does not identify the HFSDR as an official DEF CON badge.
DEF CON Singapore
Official host-event source for the April 28-30, 2026 DEF CON Singapore conference at Marina Bay Sands; this source does not identify the TISC trinket as an official admission badge.
Making the DEF CON 33 Badge
Official creator-talk source for Mar's badge-making talk, Saturday 10:00 timing, 45-minute duration, and framing around badge creation, art, hacking, and constraints.
Badge Drop - Hack 'em Crack 'em Robots
Schedule source placing the NilbinSec badge drop at DEF CON 33 in the Badgelife Community area.
DEF CON 1 Announcement
Official announcement source for the 1993 dates, Sands Hotel venue, registration pricing, and the 24-bit color pre-generated name-tag statement.
DEF CON 1 Program
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for first-event program context rather than badge hardware claims.
DEF CON 10 Program
Official program source for tenth-year context and badge form-factor language about ninja throwing badges and corner holes.
DEF CON 11 Program
Official program source for event operations, map, information booth, contest context, Goon/staff badge references, and the physical conference setting.