A teal and black background with circuit board patterns frames the text "Global OSINT Search Party CTF at DEF CON 34" in white, with a circular logo at the top and a pink skull-like graphic with "34" in the center at the bottom.

Trace Labs Organization

LXCL:Note: if you will be on-site at DEF CON and want the free ticket, this is not the ticket you want. You want the DEF CON On-site ticket, which you will get ON-SITE.

Pre-Reserved Ticket

LXCL:Tickets reserved for previous Black Badge Winners. Registration code required. If you buy this ticket and aren't a black badge holder, your ticket type will be changed and you will make us grumpy. Don't make us grumpy.

Black Badges Winners (Code Required)

LXCL:Stop by the OSINT4Good Community at DEF CON 34 to get your free ticket code.

DEF CON On-site ticket (free with code)

LXCL:If you are a student, email students@tracelabs.org to get a 50% off coupon.

Student Ticket

iPhone and iPad users: There&#39;s a vendor bug we can&#39;t fix and tells some of you we&#39;re out of tickets. We have tickets for you. The only workaround is to register using something that is not an IOS device. NOTE: This is a hybrid event and will have physical space in the OSINT 4 Good Community at DEF CON 34. Tickets are free for those who are on-site in Las Vegas. Stop by the OSINT4Good Community to pickup your free registration code. They show as &quot;sold out&quot; because they are not for sale.&nbsp; -------------- Join us for our Global OSINT Search Party CTF to crowdsource OSINT to assist law enforcement on real missing persons cases! For this event, we are partnering with Las Vegas Metro PD to work on local cases.&nbsp; CommunicationImmediately after registering, you will receive a confirmation email, then shortly after, a platform registration email. If you do not receive one or both of these, please email <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:ctf-support@tracelabs.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">ctf-support@tracelabs.org</a> or open a #get-support ticket in our Discord. Rules/Restrictions For this CTF, contestants can participate as a Solo Team or a Team of up to 4. Note: Each team member must procure their own ticket.&nbsp; All participants must be over 18 years old or age of majority (whichever is higher in your jurisdiction), or to be supervised as part of an organized team (for example, a computer club with an adult leader).&nbsp; Prizes and Recognition We have prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, along with the Most Valuable OSINT (MVO), along with random prizes. In addition, all participants receive a digital badge, with winners receiving additional digital badges. A full overview of our badges can be viewed on the Search Party page on our <a fr-original-style="" href="https://tracelabs.org/initiatives/search-party" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">website</a>.&nbsp; CTF Preparation Check out our Participant documentation at <a fr-original-style="" href="https://docs.tracelabs.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://docs.tracelabs.org</a>. You will also receive additional information via email.&nbsp; Please note: All ticket sales are final. You may transfer your ticket to another person as long as you have not already setup your account in the CTF platform. Simply give them your ticket information and e-mail <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:ctf-support@tracelabs.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">ctf-support@tracelabs.org</a> to let us know. &nbsp;If you have already setup your platform access and wish to transfer your ticket, you may do so up to 48 hours prior to event start time by e-mailing <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:ctf-support@tracelabs.org" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">ctf-support@tracelabs.org</a>.&nbsp;Requests received less than 48 hours prior to event start will not be considered.&nbsp;

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for signing up for the Trace Labs Search Party CTF on <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{date-variable-e740fc8d-0636-4a27-8cb4-ad45d5acf17a}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">Date . Please add it to your calendar now at <a fr-original-style="" href="https://tinyurl.com/CTF-DEFCON" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/CTF-DEFCON</a> Event Checklist<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Go to <a fr-original-style="" href="https://tracelabs.org/searchparty" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://tracelabs.org/searchparty</a> and<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Watch the Training Playlist</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Read the Search Party Rules (and keep a copy handy during the CTF)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Reach the participant guide (and keep a copy handy during the CTF)</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Complete Participant Orientation at&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://tracelabs-coaches.coursestack.com/courses/0f791b97-a859-4407-8e56-dc57e67a6ac1" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://tracelabs-coaches.coursestack.com/courses/0f791b97-a859-4407-8e56-dc57e67a6ac1</a></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Register on the Search Party Platform (instructions are sent via a second email</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Make sure your Discord login works by going to <a fr-original-style="" href="https://tracelabs.org/discord" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://tracelabs.org/discord</a>.<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Make sure you gave us the right username (you&#39;ll have the CTF Participant role within 72 hours of registering on the CTF platform).</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Subscribe to #ctf-news to stay up-to-date.&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Join the #team-match channel if you need to form a team or find additional members for your team.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Get help with channel access by going to the #get-support channel (quicker than email)</li></ul></li></ul>KASM is providing a web based version of our Trace Labs OSINT VM. You can access it at <a fr-original-style='font-family: "gg sans", "Noto Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: oklab(0.740569 -0.0118838 -0.121856); text-align: start; background-color: oklab(0.49154 0.0113785 -0.02665 / 0.121569);' href="https://tracelabs.kasm.com/#/cast/searchparty" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer noopener" style='font-family: "gg sans", "Noto Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: oklab(0.740569 -0.0118838 -0.121856); text-align: start; background-color: oklab(0.49154 0.0113785 -0.02665 / 0.121569); text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;' target="_blank">https://tracelabs.kasm.com/#/cast/searchparty</a><span fr-original-style='font-family: "gg sans", "Noto Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: oklab(0.90061 0.0115165 -0.0393196); text-align: start; background-color: oklab(0.49154 0.0113785 -0.02665 / 0.121569);' style='font-family: "gg sans", "Noto Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: oklab(0.90061 0.0115165 -0.0393196); text-align: start; background-color: oklab(0.49154 0.0113785 -0.02665 / 0.121569); box-sizing: inherit;'>&nbsp;i.&nbsp; - Trace Labs Staffctf-support@tracelabs.org

iPhone and iPad users: There's a vendor bug we can't fix and tells some of you we're out of tickets. We have tickets for you. The only workaround is to register using something that is not an IOS device. NOTE: This is a hybrid event and will have physical space in the OSINT 4 Good Community at DEF CON 34. Tickets are free for those who are on-site in Las Vegas. Stop by the OSINT4Good Community to pickup your free registration code. They show as "sold out" because they are not for sale.  -------------- Join us for our Global OSINT Search Party CTF to crowdsource OSINT to assist law enforcement on real missing persons cases! For this event, we are partnering with Las Vegas Metro PD to work on local cases.  CommunicationImmediately after registering, you will receive a confirmation email, then shortly after, a platform registration email. If you do not receive one or both of these, please email <a href="mailto:ctf-support@tracelabs.org" target="_blank">ctf-support@tracelabs.org</a> or open a #get-support ticket in our Discord. Rules/Restrictions For this CTF, contestants can participate as a Solo Team or a Team of up to 4. Note: Each team member must procure their own ticket.  All participants must be over 18 years old or age of majority (whichever is higher in your jurisdiction), or to be supervised as part of an organized team (for example, a computer club with an adult leader).  Prizes and Recognition We have prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, along with the Most Valuable OSINT (MVO), along with random prizes. In addition, all participants receive a digital badge, with winners receiving additional digital badges. A full overview of our badges can be viewed on the Search Party page on our <a href="https://tracelabs.org/initiatives/search-party" target="_blank">website</a>.  CTF Preparation Check out our Participant documentation at <a href="https://docs.tracelabs.org" target="_blank">https://docs.tracelabs.org</a>. You will also receive additional information via email.  Please note: All ticket sales are final. You may transfer your ticket to another person as long as you have not already setup your account in the CTF platform. Simply give them your ticket information and e-mail <a href="mailto:ctf-support@tracelabs.org" target="_blank">ctf-support@tracelabs.org</a> to let us know.  If you have already setup your platform access and wish to transfer your ticket, you may do so up to 48 hours prior to event start time by e-mailing <a href="mailto:ctf-support@tracelabs.org" target="_blank">ctf-support@tracelabs.org</a>. Requests received less than 48 hours prior to event start will not be considered.

Trace Labs Organization

Global OSINT Search Party CTF 2026 @ DEF CON 34

DEF CON 34 and Virtual

DEF CON On-site ticket (free with code)

$25

Student Ticket

$25