Las Vegas had an unwelcome visitor in the form of a cyberattack that struck early in the morning of January 7 that caused some service interruptions that have since been resolved.
On the same day that the massive International CES event kicked off, city officials reported what they called a “cyber compromise” taking place at about 4:30 a.m. No further details have been given on what type of incident took place, but as of January 8 the city tweeted it had avoided a major problem and all systems were up and running.
Following yesterday’s cyber compromise, we have resumed full operations with all data systems functioning as normal. Thanks to our software security systems and fast action by our IT staff, we were fortunate to avoid what had the potential to be a devastating situation.
— City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) January 8, 2020
“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 n ..
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