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The state of Nevada is now two days into a cyberattack that has brought down many of its digital services. The Office of Governor Joseph Lombardo announced the attack via social media on Monday, saying that a "network security incident" took hold in the early hours of August 24. Official state websites remain unavailable, and …

  1. Empire of the Pussycat

    Did they take a gamble on security?

    <spin the wheel>

  2. Taliesinawen Bronze badge

    Déjà vu all over again Yogi

    Don’t put all your servers in one basket, or you’ll have no basket left to put your servers in.

    1. Lon24 Silver badge
      Facepalm

      Re: Déjà vu all over again Yogi

      Yep putting entry to all government services under a single gov.uk domain portal does invite a single point of failure.

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