To everyone who attended RSA: attendee in coma w/ coronavirus; 45-yr-old man experienced symptoms after returning to Connecticut Feb 28. Condition deteriorated; he was hospitalized in respiratory distress March 6. He was placed in medically induced coma. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The man diagnosed with the disease is an engineer at Exabeam Inc, which is based in Foster City, California
For those who don't understand, the RSA conference was held in San Francisco Feb 24-28. It's one of the top international cybersecurity events in the world and generally gathers about 40,000 people - many of them top government officials from DoJ, DHS, DoD and other agencies.
Exabeam confirms the coronavirus infection but says two employees, not just one, have been diagnosed
Also, for context, here's some good data visualization with stats about who is most at risk and what pre-existing conditions lead to highest percentages of death (h/t @elinormills): informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations…
Update on RSA attendee in coma in Connecticut w/ coronavirus. He's been identified as Chris Tillett, senior security engineer w/ @exabeam. His wife has posted a Gofundme page if you'd like to help family. She has 4 children, including twins recently born. gofundme.com/f/xpcwgy-conqu…
.@chadloder has more here: he says Tillett's disability pay covers only 60 percent of his expenses:
