Defcon's 2026 badge, designed by hardware hacker Andrew 'bunnie' Huang, features the Baochip-1x—an innovative open-source microcontroller whose source code for OS, firmware, processor core, and crypto engines is publicly available on GitHub. The chip's core module can be removed from the badge and used as a hardware security token after the conference, with full silicon transparency allowing researchers to verify the physical chip against published designs.
Background
Defcon has a long tradition of elaborate electronic conference badges with puzzles and challenges. Andrew 'bunnie' Huang is a renowned hardware security researcher known for his work on transparent and verifiable computing hardware.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Aug 1, 2026 at 06:05 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10