City of Las Vegas wakes up to a cyber attack

City of Las Vegas wakes up to a cyber attack



In the early hours of Tuesday morning, city officials in Las Vegas were alerted that their computer network had suffered a security breach.


Details are currently scarce, with a post from the city’s official Twitter account merely confirming that an incident occurred and that it is being investigated.



We experienced a cyber compromise at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. Our IT team is assessing the extent of the compromise. When aware of the attempt, we immediately took steps to protect our data systems. We will have a clearer picture of the extent of the compromise over the next 24 hours.


— City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) January 8, 2020


Inevitably there will be concerns that Las Vegas may be the latest in a line of cities to suffer from a ransomware attack.


Recent months have seen a spate of US states and cities struck by ransomware, some of which have resulted in criminal gangs successfully extorting ransom payments amounting to millions of dollars.


Of course, one of the big problems with giving in to an extortionist’s ransomware demand is that you run the risk of encouraging other criminals to launch similar attacks.


If it is a ransomware attack that has hit Las Vegas then the cybercriminals may be out of luck if they’re hoping that the city will pay up.


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