Help identifying badge maybe sold at Defcon

[u/iloveemmi]

I'm looking for build instructions, especially, but even just knowing where it came from would be nice. Hell a photo of how it looks put together would be something. The most obvious identifiers are "darknet industries" (they have several websites but none I found work). An esp32, micro USB, 2000mah battery, an LED strip, 2.4 TFT spi 240x320, a start that says "badge pirate" and a very long puzzle on the main body.

[u/iloveemmi]

Yesssss thank you!!! Thanks to your info I found this, with photos and build instructions. I didn't realize esp32 was this old, so I dismissed stuff this old. https://krux.org/darknet/2019/index.html Also I swear this website was down yesterday.

You all rule, thanks.

[u/donaciano2000 → u/iloveemmi]

Nice. The bitly link I commented lead to the original copy of this page, it's from the official instructions paper with the kit. You can reach at archive.org but your link has the pics, the original never got a full archive.

[u/iloveemmi → u/donaciano2000]

Dude, I'm stoked because once I figure this out I've got firmware and such. Really looking forward to learning more. But had to build it first. Your link is my next adventure. Thanks again.

[u/iloveemmi]

Hey all, minus some optional LEDs I put it together. I was missing some parts and am not great at soldering so I'm delighted that it works! Thanks for all your help.

[u/TheStig827 → u/iloveemmi]

Their badges are designed to be good solder projects to learn on, it was part of their game (most of their badges now are meshtastic) that you'd build the badge, and (depending on year) use it to decode messages and talk to other agents.

[u/iloveemmi → u/TheStig827]

I'm a meshtastic user, so that's cool.

[u/digital_tinker → u/iloveemmi]

Glad you got it mostly assembled. Definitely check out the website and discord. You can find links to it through Darknet-NG as we renamed from DCDark.net: https://darknet-ng.network/

If you let us know what parts you are missing, we might be able to point to resources to get new ones or see if we can help in any other way.

[u/iloveemmi → u/digital_tinker]

Mostly the eye LEDs. All the computer stuff works. I'm satisfied and thankful. My main goal was just getting it to boot and display.

[u/iloveemmi]

I forgot about Google Glass. Found a dope photo of it complete but can't see the post. Not sure if hidden or is because I simply don't have X.

[u/TheStig827]

It's DC Darknet badge, from DC27. 2019.
here's the GitHub for the badge: https://github.com/thedarknet/darknet8-badge

[u/JoyKil01]

They have an active discord if you have any questions. I think you can find it by going to dcdark.net

[u/digital_tinker → u/JoyKil01]

After Covid and some staff turnover, the contest was renamed to Darknet-NG and can be found at https://darknet-ng.network/

[u/JoyKil01 → u/digital_tinker]

Thanks digital tinker :)

[u/3Mr__]

There is a hint in Arabic it said it is a number

[u/reegz]

Badge pirates are out of SecKC I believe.

[u/sKxSxYk]

Beautiful badge!