DEF CON 12 Hacking Conference
Official event archive source for DEF CON 12 timing, venue, and archive context.
Evidence index
Primary docs, public wikis, repositories, talks, press writeups, and first-hand notes used to support badge pages.
Official event archive source for DEF CON 12 timing, venue, and archive context.
Official announcement source for the 1994 dates, Sahara Hotel venue, and event schedule context.
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for event-program context rather than badge hardware claims.
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for event-program context rather than badge hardware claims.
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for event-program context rather than badge hardware claims.
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for event-program context rather than badge hardware claims.
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for event-program context rather than OCR-backed badge claims.
Official event page for DEF CON 6, used for event context and the picture/program archive trail.
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for event-program context rather than OCR-backed badge claims.
Official post-event page for DEF CON 8, used for event context, admission-cost/no-pre-registration context, and picture-archive trail.
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for event-program context rather than OCR-backed badge claims.
Official archive page for DEF CON 1, used for event context and the announcement, picture, program, audio, and article archive trail.
Official picture index preserving DEF CON 1 photo captions and archive context.
Official archive page for DEF CON 2, used for event context and the announcement, picture, program, audio, and article archive trail.
Official archive page for DEF CON 3, used for event context and the picture/program archive trail.
Official archive page for DEF CON 4, used for event context and the picture/program archive trail.
Official archive page for DEF CON 5, used for event context and the picture/program archive trail.
Official picture index preserving DEF CON 2 photo captions and archive context.
Official picture index preserving DEF CON 3 photo captions and archive context.
Official forum source for boot mode, mass-storage firmware loading, picotool dumping, connector observations, and attendee badge-hacking notes.
Official pre-event source stating that DEF CON 13 badges were done before registration and that printed schedules would be distributed at registration.
Curated technical source for media-server badge artifacts, firmware update process, PIC32MM0256GPM048 flashing, version checks, and repair/upgrade context.
Official forum source for firmware updates, power behavior, challenge mode, role art, SAO and IR hints, and ongoing community-solving details.
Primary forum source for the community template, JoeSchmuck authorship, use/modification permission wording, and highwizard's separate-extra-badge clarification.
Primary forum continuation source for 3x5 sizing and attendee printing/lamination workflow evidence.
Official DEF CON forum source for DEF CON 31 Youth Challenge schedule, LINQ Social A village location, and challenge-category context.
Primary narrative source for the unofficial Ninja Networks party badge, including party venue context, electronic-invitation framing, roughly 500 working badges, YETDA display evidence, sponsor support, and production problems.
Official forum source for badge creator LosT attribution, cassette/lanyard/liner challenge scope, and media-server availability for cassette contents and liner notes.
Official forum feedback source for rubber/plastic badge descriptions, lack of a badge challenge, and attendee response to the official badge.
First-hand badgelife announcement source for NilbinSec's DEF CON 33 full-size badge, prior SAO giveaway context, red/blue SAOs, EEPROM-backed game data, ready-to-play packaging, pricing, and social-media drop plan.
Community announcement source tying the LHC Meshtastic Badge to DEF CON 33 pickup and limited community distribution.
Primary forum source stating that the DEF CON 19 badge was not electronic and explaining badge goals around admission, curiosity, participation, and social interaction.
First-hand forum announcement source for the Tipsy Electronic Badge, DEF CON 33 context, code/manual/open-source-file links, and brief buttons/LEDs/SAO feature framing.
Official badge-spec PDF source for 3.0 V SAO VDD, dual-SAO supply limit, two-AA badge power, USB-C continuous-power behavior, GPIO wake interrupt, I2C addresses, and SAO header mechanical constraints.
Official photo-set listing preserving DEF CON 1 event images and the recovered badge artifact image.
Official archive image evidence for DEF CON 1 laminated paper role badges and a pre-generated name-tag form; used for artifact description only, not as a local published image.
Official media-server directory for the DEF CON 1 picture archive.
Official archive image evidence for the visible physical DEF CON 10 badge artifact; used for description only, not as a local published image.
Official media-server listing preserving files named as DEF CON 10 badge images.
Official archive image evidence for the visible physical DEF CON 11 badge artifact; used for description only, not as a local published image.
Official media-server listing preserving files named as DEF CON 11 badge photos.
Official media archive reviewed for event context and main-official-badge boundaries; no local image is reused from it.
Official archive image evidence for a visible magenta-and-white rectangular DEF CON 2 chest credential; used for artifact description only, not as a local published image.
Official archive image evidence for another visible rectangular DEF CON 2 chest credential; used for artifact corroboration only, not as a local published image.
Official photo-set listing preserving DEF CON 2 event images, including visible printed chest credentials.
Official media-server directory for the DEF CON 2 picture archive.
Official archive image evidence for visible pink and blue rectangular DEF CON 3 waist credentials; used for artifact description only, not as a local published image.
Official archive image evidence for another pink rectangular DEF CON 3 waist credential; used for artifact corroboration only, not as a local published image.
Official photo-set listing preserving DEF CON 3 event images, including visible colored waist credentials.
Official media-server directory for the DEF CON 3 picture archive.