Cyberattack knocks Nevada DMV the FUCK OUT

[Dan Druff]

The Nevada DMV has cancelled all appointments and will remain closed until further notice, due to a cyberattack.

The attack caused a "network outage" on August 24.

The website remains operational and in fact Nevada residents are being advised to use that in lieu of the physical DMV, if possible.

It is not clear to me how the website can operate if it's a "network outage", and why continuing to allow it to operate causes any less risk than opening physical offices. In fact, I'd normally expect the opposite, as anything open to the internet is much more vulnerable to attack than in-person facilities.

They have not stated the exact nature of the attack, nor who was likely behind it.

Anything due during the period of closure will not be charged late fees. Nevada DMV typically doesn't accept walk-in appointments anymore, except on Wednesdays and Saturdays. However, due to this attack, anyone with missed appointments will have 14 days to show up as a walk-in on any day, and will be helped.

The exact date of reopening has not yet been established. This is actually pretty big. Imagine your state not having a functional DMV!

[garrett]

State of Nevada..

[Sanlmar]

When a cyber attack knocks out POWER to Vegas then we’ll have something to post about. A municipal power attack in the U.S. is a lock

[The Boz]

Great opportunity to hack in and cancel the “IM GOAT” plate.😀

[Sheesfaced]

When a cyber attack knocks out POWER to Vegas then we’ll have something to post about. A municipal power attack in the U.S. is a lock

I’ve always wondered if it was possible to hack into a large city’s stoplight grid and make all the lights simultaneously green and create pure chaos. I admittedly I’m clueless but it seems like it could be doable.

[Sanlmar]

When a cyber attack knocks out POWER to Vegas then we’ll have something to post about. A municipal power attack in the U.S. is a lock

I’ve always wondered if it was possible to hack into a large city’s stoplight grid and make all the lights simultaneously green and create pure chaos. I admittedly I’m clueless but it seems like it could be doable.

The lights were typical programmed at a utility box at the intersection. I don’t think code has been developed for central traffic systems. That happens pretty slowly. More slowly than technology.

I had to study International Municipal Signal Association IMSA code when I was a kid. Boston had the red municipal fire boxes in the city. The wiring and such was part of the same section of code.

Just kill the power.

This shit is so archaic that even Desertrunner would not be aware. Genius and reliable though. I hated my life then.

[desertrunner]

Druff beat me to this story, but here is my addition.

This is not the first expensive bumble by the Nevada DMV and I got live a small part of the first one.

In March of 1997, I was working in the state of Nevada in an official capacity and a supervisor attended a state level meeting, It was passed along that the Nevada DMV was going to be the "test agency" for the new Genesis program. My young co-worker at the time responded back to the supervisor and said- Any time youre the test animal for a new program, its a bad idea. I really didnt care at the time and thought whatever.

Fast forward to 1999- Genesis was a disaster and the day it crashed was called "Black Tuesday". What I remember- the whole DMV system crashed and it specifically hurt the auto sales dealers statewide. And then ALL metal car plates statewide had to be recalled and it was that nice silver and white design. It was super expensive and a logistical nightmare for months. My co-worker was right, never be the test animal for some unknown large computer program, buy it after its been tested and proven.

Link- A bumpy road to success (or not): The case of Project Genesis at Nevada DMV

Many people started calling September 7, 1999 Black Tuesday after the new Windows-based system went online at Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Project Genesis was a seven-year, $34 million effort to upgrade the DMV's 20-year-old computer systems and business processes. The project started in 1996 and was to be completed by 2003.

Fast forward to today, if you want to get a job with the state of Nevada, they bumbled it again and wrote their own in-house online application program. I can tell its a joke and failure. The state of Nevada will always try to short cut and cheap route any major project or program. They constantly set themselves up for failure.

One specific note about Nevada- They hate California and anything to do with California. If California cured cancer, the state of Nevada ignore the California/any state cure and keep working on their own version. This lame thinking of "dont observe or listen to anyone else" obviously hurts Nevada and just sets their progress back. It basically pure ignorance. The only time I didnt see this was when Nevada needed new Model 14 wildland fire engines and actually bought the existing "California model" from a company called Westmark in California. This was in the 90s.

[desertrunner]

The Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) should be handling this, not a DMV app. -DR


The Nevada DMV has launched a new online tool that allows residents to report vehicles with expired, invalid, or missing registrations — including those using illegal out-of-state plates.



https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/p...ation-3484672/
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-...gistered-cars/
https://news3lv.com/news/local/nevad...ross-the-state

[Dan Druff]

Anyone who uses this tool to snitch on people to the government for DMV violations is a complete asshole.

[Orko]

Fuckin Mossad

[1dollarboxcar]

Druff needs to do emergency Vampire Radio about the snitching app...

[desertrunner]

Legit-

Tellafriend: pray for druff and double pray for mother druff

[Tellafriend]

Legit-

Tellafriend: pray for druff and double pray for mother druff

seriously though, what's it like having to count the number of posts you can make each day and keep up with their time stamp -- all from a irl friend's site?


even he knows you suck.


and once more for posterity's sake

[desertrunner]

UPDATE-

Over 1,500 claims of expired vehicles were submitted by Nevada motorists during the first four days of the DMV’s new online spotter program.



https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/p...c0Q-AIy5OEg8sw

[splitthis]

Anyone who uses this tool to snitch on people to the government for DMV violations is a complete asshole.

Lolz. No. If an accident occurs these fucks have no insurance, no license, can’t pass echeck so keep expired plates.

TURN THEM ALL IN.

[desertrunner]

Anyone who uses this tool to snitch on people to the government for DMV violations is a complete asshole.

Druff is supporting fraud??

I admit, thats me, I'll report every time. I pay my taxes, pay my insurance and pay my vehicle registration properly- so fuck the cheaters. They are the ones causing the rise insurance rates in Nevada because of the traffic accidents, hit and runs and frauding the system. Add in all of the illegal aliens in Clark County driving around in unregistered cars, no insurance and no registration- all to avoid paying fees and ICE and CPB.

One thing about Nevada is- government officials always say- "we dont have money" to everything. Well, this is a way they can get it, atleast in the DMV coffers.

I say- all the non reg cars, non plated cars, people with no insurance and current residents with non state DLs- bust'em.

And the NHP should be doing all of this, not some app for the DMV or the state Compliance Officers.

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