California tech industry gets its first big coronavirus hit: RSA Conference attendee infected, in serious condition

California tech industry gets its first big coronavirus hit: RSA Conference attendee infected, in serious condition

NASA also struck, more conferences cancelled, WISPA is moving ahead


Updated The deadly Wuhan coronavirus has reached California’s tech sector with the news that an engineer who attended the RSA Conference in San Francisco last month has now tested positive for COVID-19 – and is in a serious condition.


The 45-year-old employee of Exabeam attended the annual security meet-up between February 24 and 28, and began experiencing symptoms when he returned home to Connecticut, according to news reports.


The condition got worse this past week, and he was put into a medically induced coma. He is still under, and on a ventilator. He has an underlying heart condition, his wife said.


On Tuesday, NASA announced one of its empl ..

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