Nevada Refused to Pay Cyberattack Ransom as Systems Sat Compromised for Months

Nevada’s state systems sat unknowingly compromised for three months before officials noticed a major ransomware attack and flagged it up in August, according to an official document newly released by the Nevada office responsible for the state’s technology infrastructure. The 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, claims Fox5.

The 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, with the financial cost pegged at approximately $1.3m plus more than $210,000 in overtime costs. Read more at Vegas Slots Online.