Organizers of Black Hat Asia and DEF CON China security conferences announced that they put the events on hold due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Bad news for
The announcements come after the organizations of
The organizer
“After careful consideration of the health and safety of our attendees and partners, we have made the difficult decision to postpone Black Hat Asia 2020 due to the
“Please know we are planning to host Black Hat Asia 2020 in the fall this year.”
The event was scheduled between March 31- April 3 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore,
It is not clear if the organizers will refund people that bought the tickets and will not be able to participate in the fall.
Organizers of another important cyber security conference, DEF CON China 2.0 (initially planned between 17-19 April in Beijing), already announced
“In light of global precautions being announced to combat the
“If you want a refund on
The organizers accept refund requests from participants that have bought the tickets for the event.
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(SecurityAffairs – Coronavirus outbreak, hacking)