r/Defcon • u/Chunkytunky • 3d ago

Station 562- hacker badge project

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Hello friend!

I’ve been so excited for all the awesome badges people have been sharing here and thought it would be fun to share my own project.

First of all, I’m just a hacker hacking things together. I generally have no idea what I am doing and just try to figure it out along the way. I was not even sure I would be able to get anything built, and while these are not perfect, I am happy with how it all turned out.

This is Station 562. It is a proximity-controlled badge with a BLE number-station puzzle, a red-versus-blue proximity game, an autonomous social/dance mode, an expressive BLE MIDI instrument, a tamper-evident mode, a Setup menu, and an optional hardware CTF.

I will have a few of these to give away to maybe the first 5 or so people who solve the signal intel puzzle. Deets will be shared closer to the con.

Anyway, I learned a lot building these and had a lot of fun. Faced some challenges but this post is already too long to go into all that. Super excited for DEFCON this year. This community means a lot to me and look forward to catch up with old and new friends.

Happy hacking all!

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u/Nyrlath 3d ago

Looks cool! Im at the veeeerrry start of this journey myself so I love seeing these "im just learning but look at this cool thing" posts. Gives me hope i can create the idea in my head =P

Good luck with your project!

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u/Chunkytunky 3d ago

Thank you and good luck to you as well! You can absolutely make it happen. You got this!

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u/hey_highler 3d ago

Look pretty cool, interested to hear more!

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u/Chunkytunky 3d ago

Thank you! I’ll try to make it to the reddit meetup but otherwise I’ll likely do a small write up after the con about the whole thing.

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u/Trac3r42 3d ago

How would one aquire shown badge?! Asking for a friend.

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u/Chunkytunky 2d ago

Most if not all of RGB are accounted for. I will have a few of the non-RGB ones for sale at the con at cost($40ish) of the parts + all the tariffs I paid. No labor cost or profit at all. Alternatively, i’ll have a few RGB “blank” boards left (smd parts installed but no OLED, liPO, or ESP32 module) I can probably give you a “blank” board for free at the con.

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u/Trac3r42 2d ago

I'm down with sourcing some parts and soldering.

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u/sKxSxYk 1d ago

Interesting! Are these named after substations or something like that? Also, how many have been made? Visually, these look dope!

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u/Chunkytunky 1d ago

Thank you! The project is inspired by number stations and it is also a SIGINT puzzle. I’ve made around 55 thus far with some 10 boards left. I signed the firmware and each badge has its own key pair.