| Title | Malware Attack is Preventing Car Inspections in Eight US States | |
| Date | Monday April 05 2021, @04:32AM | |
| Author | martyb | |
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| from the dept. | ||
Malware attack is preventing car inspections in eight US states:
A malware cyberattack on emissions testing company Applus Technologies is preventing vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin.
On Tuesday, March 30th, vehicle emissions testing platform Applus Technologies suffered a "malware" attack that caused them to disconnect their IT systems.
"Unfortunately, incidents such as this are fairly common and no one is immune," said Darrin Greene, CEO of the US entity, Applus Technologies, Inc. "We apologize for any inconvenience this incident may cause. We know our customers and many vehicle owners rely on our technology and we are committed to restoring normal operations as quickly as possible."
[...] "Unfortunately, we cannot provide a timetable. We do know it will not be a matter of hours or days. We will routinely update the return to service status as additional information becomes available. It is important to note that we want to make sure we have resolved all issues before restarting the system in order to avoid any additional delays or inconvenience once the program is back up and running."
Status updates are available at https://www.applustech.com/.
So, they identified 7 of the 8 affected states... would it have been that much harder to list them all? What was the 8th state?
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