2026 · Hacker Con Badges

Area41 2026 · Switzerland · 2026

Area41 2026 ESP-Based Electronic Badge

Swiss ESP blinking attendee badge with SAO invitation

A source-backed Area41 2026 attendee electronic-badge record. The official event page said each attendee would receive an ESP-based blinking electronic badge and invited badge owners to bring Shitty Add-Ons (SAOs). The organizer's post-event recap identifies Technische Fachschule Bern as the badge designer and assembler, while the school's own update says it developed and manufactured the hardware; the recap also reports attendees soldered more than 300 SAO badge extensions.

Area41 Switzerland Zürich ESP-Based Electronic Badge SAO Technische Fachschule Bern Post-Event 2026 Europe

BSides Fort Wayne 2026 · United States · 2026

BSides Fort Wayne 2026 Optional E-Badge

Optional organizer e-badge ticket add-on paired with a distinct 2026 source archive

BSides Fort Wayne's organizer ticket page offered a $30 optional e-badge add-on for the June 6, 2026 conference. The public BSidesFW2026Badge repository has distinct June 2026 activity, including a dedicated STLs/2026 enclosure set and default badge data changed to 2026, together with MicroPython source and inherited V4 technical documentation. The evidence links a real optional e-badge offer to a 2026 source archive without claiming a confirmed sale, physical receipt, firmware deployment, or exact final hardware configuration.

BSides Fort Wayne United States Indiana Fort Wayne Security BSides 2026 Optional E-Badge ESP32-WROVER MicroPython CTF Source Archive North America

BSides Kraków 2026 · Poland · 2026

BSides Kraków 2026 Exclusive Badge

Planned general-admission conference identity artifact

BSides Kraków's official 2026 ticket page lists an Exclusive badge with its free General Admission and AGH Student passes. The agenda says attendees check in and get a badge, bag, and available gadgets, but neither source identifies material, artwork, barcode/QR/RFID/NFC, electronic form, technical behavior, production, or actual pickup/delivery.

BSides Kraków Poland Kraków Planned Badge Identity Artifact General Admission Cybersecurity Conference 2026 Europe

BSides Kraków 2026 · Poland · 2026

BSides Kraków 2026 Exclusive Donator Badge

Planned donation-pass conference identity artifact

BSides Kraków's official 2026 ticket page lists an Exclusive donator badge with its 1 zł Donation pass, unlike the Exclusive badge listed for free General Admission and AGH Student passes. The source establishes a separately named planned tier artifact only; it does not establish whether its physical or technical form differs from the general badge, nor its material, artwork, electronics, allocation, or actual pickup/delivery.

BSides Kraków Poland Kraków Planned Badge Identity Artifact Donation Pass Ticket Tier Cybersecurity Conference 2026 Europe

BSides Seattle 2026 · United States · 2026

BSides Seattle 2026 Patron Special Badge

Patron-benefit conference identity artifact; handoff unverified

BSides Seattle's official 2026 ticket page lists a Special badge at the event among the additional benefits of being a 2026 patron. The organizer's conference page places the event at Building 92 in Redmond on February 27-28, but the source does not identify the artifact's material, artwork, barcode/QR/RFID/NFC/electronic form, exact patron-tier allocation, or actual pickup/delivery.

BSides Seattle United States Redmond Patron Badge Identity Artifact Ticket Tier Cybersecurity Conference 2026 North America

Black Hat Europe 2026 · United Kingdom · 2026

Black Hat Europe 2026 Student Pass Badge

Planned student-pass conference identity artifact

Black Hat Europe's official 2026 registration and pass-comparison pages say Student Pass badge pickup is Thursday, December 10 only. The official event site places the cybersecurity conference at ExCeL London on December 7-10, but the public sources do not identify the badge's material, artwork, barcode/QR/RFID/NFC/electronic form, technical function, broader pass eligibility, or completed pickup/delivery.

Black Hat Europe United Kingdom London Planned Badge Identity Artifact Student Pass Cybersecurity Conference 2026 Europe

Black Hat USA 2026 · United States · 2026

Black Hat USA 2026 Black Hat Badge with DEF CON Symbol

Completed DEF CON ticket-verification conference identity artifact; handoff details remain unverified

Black Hat's official 2026 DEF CON-registration and attendee-resource pages say that a registrant who bought a DEF CON ticket through an eligible Black Hat pass receives a DEF CON symbol printed on their Black Hat badge. The person presents that marked badge during the August 6 pickup workflow, where staff hole-punch it as proof of pickup, but the sources do not identify the badge's material, artwork, barcode/QR/RFID/NFC/electronic form, broader access behavior, or completed handoff.

Black Hat USA United States Las Vegas DEF CON Planned Badge Identity Artifact Ticket Verification Cybersecurity Conference 2026 North America

C1B3RTR4CKS 2026 · Spain · 2026

C1B3RTR4CKS 2026 CH32V003 Badge

Source-backed RGB LED-matrix event badge

SEIF-UAM's public C1B3RTR4CKS 2026 badge repository documents an event badge with a CH32V003 RISC-V microcontroller, 8×16 RGB LED matrix, five-button control surface, public C firmware, games, and a personal-name marquee. The official event site and a contemporaneous attendee report place the physical artifact at the completed May 29 Madrid event; final allocation and production details are not public.

C1B3RTR4CKS Spain Madrid SEIF-UAM CH32V003 RISC-V RGB LED Matrix 8×16 PlatformIO Games University Cybersecurity 2026

DefCamp 2026 · Romania · 2026

DefCamp 2026 Attendee Badge

Planned visible attendee access credential

DefCamp's official 2026 terms require people attending DefCamp to have a badge visibly on their person and permit access denial without one. The current ticket page advertises VIP priority badge claiming for the November 19-20 in-person Bucharest event, but neither source identifies the badge's material, artwork, barcode/QR/RFID/NFC/electronic form, recipient allocation, or completed issuance/delivery.

DefCamp Romania Bucharest Planned Badge Identity Artifact Access Credential Cybersecurity Conference 2026 Europe

Hackers Teaching Hackers 2026 · United States · 2026

Hackers Teaching Hackers 2026 Eagle 5 Badge

nRF52840/SX1262 electronic conference badge with a public post-event GPL firmware archive

Hackers Teaching Hackers' official materials establish the June 3-5, 2026 Columbus-area practitioner conference with villages and a CTF. Zack Nagaich's public Eagle 5 repository labels itself the 2026 HTH conference-badge firmware and documents an nRF52840 plus SX1262 electronic badge with LEDs, USB roles, RNode/Reticulum-oriented firmware, on-badge CLI, and CTF source context. An attendee account independently says their light-up badge was part of the conference CTF, while the organizer has not directly published this 2026 repository or a distribution record.

Hackers Teaching Hackers HTH United States Ohio Canal Winchester 2026 Electronic Badge nRF52840 SX1262 LoRa RNode Reticulum GPLv3 CTF North America

Hak4Kidz Chicago 2026 · United States · 2026

Hak4Kidz Chicago 2026 Fun Badge

Youth-attendee conference identity artifact; handoff unverified

Hak4Kidz's official 2026 flyer says youth attendees receive a fun badge, with lunch, snacks, a T-shirt, and prizes, for its June 6 Chicago event. The official home calls the event Time Travel: Capture the Flag, but the sources do not identify the item's material, artwork, barcode/QR/RFID/NFC/electronic form, linkage to the CTF, allocation, or actual pickup/delivery.

Hak4Kidz Chicago United States Youth Ethical Hacking Fun Badge Identity Artifact CTF Event Context 2026 North America

Security Fest 2026 · Sweden · 2026

Security Fest 2026 RP2040 Badge

Source-backed RP2040 LED-matrix conference badge

Security Fest 2026's public firmware repository identifies this as the official conference badge: a small, hackable RP2040 device with a 9×9 LED matrix, six buttons, USB surface, and public firmware. The official event site confirms the completed May 28-29 Gothenburg conference, while a contemporaneous attendee report credits Carl Vargklint's badge work. Allocation and delivery are not documented.

Security Fest Sweden Gothenburg RP2040 Raspberry Pi LED Matrix IS31FL3731 USB CDC Buttons SAO Public Firmware 2026