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Two months ago, this was supposed to be the back-to-normal Black Hat and DefCon. Then a COVID outbreak at RSAC happened. Would Vegas be worth it? SC Media's Joe Uchill did go, and spoke to attendees about their own decision to attend and whether the fear (again) of the hacker conference becoming (another) spreader event impacted the experience.
Drawing from its national Vulnerability Detection and Cyber Incidents/Cyber Attacks Response System, the agency has observed another 24 registered incidents and 19 billion “events” targeting state and critical infrastructure, with the main targets being the Ukrainian government, local authorities and mass media institutions.
Cybersecurity is poised to become a significantly more confrontational issue if Republicans take power on Capitol Hill in this fall’s midterm elections.