Cyber Attack on Eight States Vehicle Emissions Testing Centers

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"“The vendor has confirmed this is a nationwide system outage that they are working to resolve,” the DMV said. “DMV has notified law enforcement to ask for their cooperation to not cite those with an expired emissions test during this outage.”

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"Cyber Attack Forces Vehicle Emissions Testing Company to Halt Operations in 8 States

Malware has wreaked havoc on emissions testing processes, causing states like Massachusetts to extend inspection deadlines."

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"The FBI is now investigating it as a cyberware attack that has halted all emission testing across Georgia and seven other states.

The outages are delivering a huge blow to small business owners. The CEO of Applus Technologies, whose software runs the system, apologized during the emergency meeting Monday."

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It is still down 3 weeks later...