{"id":55261,"date":"2024-02-07T00:59:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/def-con-is-canceled-no-really-this-time-but-the-show-will-go-on\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T00:59:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:59:15","slug":"def-con-is-canceled-no-really-this-time-but-the-show-will-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/def-con-is-canceled-no-really-this-time-but-the-show-will-go-on\/","title":{"rendered":"DEF CON is canceled! No, really this time \u2013 but the show will go on"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s an annual meme that DEF CON infosec conference has been canceled, but this time it actually happened.<\/p>\n

The world’s largest hacking conference, held since 1993 and lately drawing in as many as 30,000 attendees, has been held in venues owned by the Caesars Entertainment for well over a decade. But according to conference founder Jeff Moss, AKA Dark Tangent, the hotel and casino operator unexpectedly canceled the Con’s booking with no warning or explanation.<\/p>\n

“We don\u2019t know why Caesars canceled us,” Moss wrote<\/a>. “They won’t say beyond it being a strategy change and it is not related to anything that DEF CON or our community has done. This kind of no-notice cancellation of a contract is unheard of in the conference business. The parting is confusing, but amicable.”<\/p>\n