Nevada State Cyberattack Began in May No Ransom Paid

pHome News Nevada Refused to Pay Cyberattack Ransom as Systems Sat Compromised for Months  ppShort BioppAccording to an official document newly released by the Nevada office responsible for the states technology infrastructure Nevadas state systems sat unknowingly compromised for three months before officials noticed a major ransomware attack and flagged it up in AugustppThe Governors Technology Offices GTO afteraction report details an almost monthlong recovery from the August cyberattack that temporarily shuttered many state government servicesppAccording to the GTO the infiltration began as early as May 14 when a state employee unknowingly downloaded malwareppmeticulously cleared event logs to obscure their activitiesppThe perpetrators compromised a password vault server to harvest credentials from 26 accounts while they also meticulously cleared event logs to obscure their activities so as to stay hidden for months according to Fox5 ppThe GTO stated that despite the attacker later deploying ransomware no ransom was paid State officials successfully recovered around 90 of the data impacted by the attack the financial cost of which was approximately 13m plus more than 210000 in overtime costsppThe report shows only one document containing personal information was accessed there was no evidence of any state data taken or leaked and only one exstate employee was warned of potential information exposure GTO Chief Information Officer Timothy Galluzi meanwhile used the report to praise Nevadas technical capabilitiesppYour email address will not be published Required fields are marked ppComment ppName ppEmail ppWebsite pp Save my name email and website in this browser for the next time I commentpp

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