In August 2024, the state government of Nevada was hit by a ransomware attack triggered by malicious advertisements that disrupted services in more than 60 government departments. IT staff clicked on the malicious advertisements to download a tool that contained a backdoor, and the password vault was breached. The authorities refused to pay the ransom, and in-house staff worked overtime for 28 days to repair 90% of the critical systems, at a much lower cost than outsourcing, which has brought important information security revelations to both public and private organizations....