Black Hat Facilitates Donation of LEGO Sets to Local Las Vegas Children’s Hospitals During Black Hat USA 2024

Donations stemmed from partnership with Fairy Bricks as an extension of Black Hat events feature, Bricks & Picks

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Hat, the producer of the cybersecurity industry’s most established and in-depth security events, today announced its recent donation of LEGO sets in partnership with Fairy Bricks, a charity dedicated to brightening the lives of sick children through LEGO. The donations took place during Black Hat USA 2024, which occurred at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas from August 3 to August 8. On August 5, Fairy Bricks and Black Hat partnered with Nick Della Mora, aka BrickinNick, and donated hundreds of LEGO sets and stuffed animals to Sunrise Children’s Hospital and UMC Children’s Hospital as an extension of the Black Hat events feature, Bricks & Picks.

Bricks & Picks is a combined activity space for conference attendees to delight their playful and creative sides with LEGO bricks and physical locks. This activity area, led by experts in both fields, features competitions, hands-on demonstrations, and more. New for Black Hat USA 2024, Bricks & Picks featured a mosaic wall made of LEGO bricks that attendees built together by individually building small squares of the mosaic that were added together to create the full mosaic wall containing more than 75,000 pieces.

“Black Hat is deeply committed to supporting not only the cybersecurity community, but also the communities where our events take place,” said Steve Wylie, Vice President, Cybersecurity Market Group at Informa Tech. “By donating LEGO sets to bring joy to children at local hospitals, we hope to continue to positively impact the Las Vegas community.”

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About Fairy Bricks

Fairy Bricks is a charity dedicated to brightening the lives of sick children in hospitals by donating LEGO sets. Their initiatives provide therapeutic and emotional benefits through play, making a significant difference in the lives of young patients. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.fairybricks.org.

About UMC Children’s Hospital

UMC Children’s Hospital offers Nevada’s highest level of pediatric care, providing a wide range of exclusive and highly specialized services to the community’s youngest patients. UMC Children’s Hospital is home to Southern Nevada’s only Designated Pediatric Trauma Center and the state's only Verified Pediatric Burn Center. UMC Children’s Hospital is staffed around the clock by board-certified and fellowship-trained pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric critical care physicians to provide young patients with the high-quality, specialized care they deserve. For more information, please visit www.umcsn.com.

About Black Hat

Black Hat is the cybersecurity industry’s most established and in-depth security event series. Founded in 1997, these annual, multi-day events provide attendees with the latest in cybersecurity research, development, and trends. Driven by the needs of the community, Black Hat events showcase content directly from the community through Briefings presentations, Trainings courses, Summits, and more. As the event series where all career levels and academic disciplines convene to collaborate, network, and discuss the cybersecurity topics that matter most to them, attendees can find Black Hat events in the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.blackhat.com.