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A gold star on your license or ID card indicates you already have a verified ID. (Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles)
CONNECTICUT If you have any plans to fly somewhere in the U.S. or visit a military base or other secure federal facility later this year, you have a little over five months to get the right identification.
Beginning Oct. 1, the U.S. Federal Government will require anyone boarding an airplane for domestic travel or entering certain federal buildings to have a verified driver s license, state-issued ID card or be required to show additional proof of identification, such as a passport. The verification is indicated on your license or ID card by a gold star in the top right corner. This federal law is commonly referred to as REAL ID.
The maker of the software used by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct mandatory emissions testing says the service disabled since March 30 due to a malware attack will be restored “no later than April 30.”
In a statement released Tuesday, officials with Wisconsin-based Applus Technologies said the program it administers in Connecticut is “complex and different from” the one used by Massachusetts, where emissions testing has already restarted, and will take more time to fix.
“We recognize the inconvenience this service interruption has caused for motorists, new and used car dealers and the network of privately-owned automotive service facilities who perform the inspections and the Department of Motor Vehicles,” said CEO Darrin Greene. “If we can confidently restore service sooner, we will.”
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The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles will resume its emissions testing program at the end of the month, three weeks after a cyberattack disrupted its online system.
The state contractor in charge of the emissions testing, Applus Technologies, said they would “have full service restored” by April 30.
Applus Technologies detected and stopped the cyberattack on March 30. Systems in eight states were shut down immediately as a precaution.
DMV officials said that new vehicles in the state can be registered without the required emissions test for now until the system goes back online.
From there, vehicles will be required to meet the state’s compliance standards for emissions.