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Engineering In The News
The major ransomware attack against Nevada discovered in late August has been underway since May, The Associated Press reports. Injection of a clandestine backdoor facilitated by a Nevada state employee's accidental download of a malicious system admin tool on May 14 allowed threat actors to create encrypted tunnels, conduct lateral movement, and infiltrate the state's password vault server by August, according to a post-mortem report from the state.
State workers were put on paid administrative leave. Nevada residents couldn’t receive their driver’s licenses. Employers were unable to conduct background checks on new hires. These were all effects of a massive cyberattack in Nevada that took nearly a month to fully restore its services.
State workers were put on paid administrative leave. Nevada residents couldn’t receive their driver’s licenses. Employers were unable to conduct background checks on new hires. These were all effects of a massive cyberattack in Nevada that took nearly a month to fully restore its services.
The “threat actor” who conducted a ransomware attack on the state of Nevada was in the government’s computer systems as early as three months before, the state revealed in an after-action report released Wednesday.
Waymo is bringing its autonomous vehicle service to Southern Nevada for public use next year. The Silicon Valley, Calif.-based company has services in five locations — San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Atlanta and Austin, Texas. It will bring the commercial ride hailing application to Las Vegas next summer, with plans to also expand into San Diego and Detroit, the company said on Monday.
Clark County officials are reminding residents to change smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector batteries and exercise extra caution on roadways as daylight saving time ends this weekend. County officials say they support the annual #Dusk2Dawn road and pedestrian safety campaign created by UNLV’s Transportation Research Center. The campaign reminds pedestrians and motorists of safety measures when days are shorter and visibility is reduced.
