On a “normal” day, an average of 20 malicious web traffic events originating in Las Vegas hit Imperva’s security customers. During Black Hat USA and DEF CON earlier this month, that number jumped more than 100 times the volume. The data is more of an “interesting snapshot” than a true trend, but it makes you think, says Barry Shteiman, director of security strategy at Imperva. He says there also was a spike in attack volume during the NAACP’s conference in Vegas in July.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/website-attack-attempts-via-vegas-rose-during-black-hat-def-con