{"id":55269,"date":"2024-02-07T15:14:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/35499\/Caesars-Cancels-DEF-CON-But-DEF-CON-Is-Not-Cancelled.html"},"modified":"2024-02-07T15:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:14:05","slug":"caesars-cancels-def-con-but-def-con-is-not-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/caesars-cancels-def-con-but-def-con-is-not-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Caesars Cancels DEF CON, But DEF CON Is Not Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s an annual meme that DEF CON infosec conference has been canceled, but this time it actually happened, ish.<\/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. According to conference founder Jeff Moss, AKA Dark Tangent, the hotel and casino operator has unexpectedly canceled the con’s booking for 2024 with no warning nor 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