The top five countries with the highest
number of attendees included Canada (30 %
of all
estimated international
attendees), followed by Mexico (11 %), Australia (8 %), Japan (5 %) and Venezuela (3 %).
Adam Gwaltney, an agent with conference sponsor Ritman & Associates, told
attendees Friday morning the FBI reports roughly 4,000 ransomware / extortion attacks daily, but
estimates the
number of actual attacks is likely three times higher.