Security News > 2022 > June > RSAC branded a 'super spreader event' as attendees share COVID-19 test results

Quick show of hands: who came home from this year's RSA Conference without COVID-19?

RSA Conference organizers required all attendees to show proof of vaccination or a negative test for their first entry into Moscone Center.

Masks at cocktail parties and bars around the event were almost non-existent.

LastPass CTO Christofer Hoff tweeted he personally knows more than 30 people who got COVID-19 at RSAC. "The RSA Conference should really be made aware to understand they were a super spreader event," Hoff added.

"RSA Conference 2022 has been made aware that some attendees have tested positive for COVID-19," reads a note dated June 15.

After requiring both proof of vaccination and masks at last year's event DEF CON, "Barring a major change in the situation," the event won't check attendees' vaccination status this year but will keep the mask mandate in place, organizers said.

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