SHREWSBURY, Mass., April 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Applus
Technologies, Inc., today announced a significant progress update
in the process of restoring the MA Vehicle Check safety inspection
and emissions testing program to full service.
Applus has completed Phase 1: Remediation and is now
in Phase 2: Restoration and System Testing of a very
deliberate and methodical three-phase process required to bring the
MA Vehicle Check program back online after a malware attack which
forced Applus to temporarily shut the testing program down.
Throughout these phases, Applus has worked closely with, and under
the direction of, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
(RMV) to ensure that every aspect is fully reviewed and evaluated
for a safe and secure return to program testing.
"I am happy to report that a return to service is clearly within
sight as we continue to make measurable Phase 2 progress," said
Darrin Greene, CEO, Applus
Technologies Inc., USA. "We expect
the system to remain offline as late as Saturday, April 17, while our team of technicians
continue to work one-on-one with every licensed testing facility in
the Commonwealth to restore their workstations. Once that work is
completed, we will thoroughly evaluate the readiness of the system
offline with the RMV and a test group of inspection stations."
Once Phase 2 is completed, Applus will
begin Phase 3: Go-Live and Post-Go-Live Support. This
final phase will return the more than 1,800 safety
inspection and emissions testing stations throughout the state to
full testing capabilities for all classes of motor vehicles. All
inspection stations in the MA Vehicle Check program will be brought
back online with the ability to perform vehicle safety inspections
and emissions tests at the exact same time.
"We have to be sure that we have resolved all issues before
restarting the system in order to avoid any additional delays or
inconvenience once the program is back up and running," said
Greene. "We recognize the frustration this temporary outage has
caused our agency customers, testing stations and motorists. Our
imperative now is to balance the need to restart the program as
quickly as possible with our responsibility to ensure every
component of the program is free from malware, thoroughly tested,
and operating normally before bringing the program back
online."
To mitigate the impact on motorists, the RMV has reached out to
law enforcement to ask for consideration for expired stickers to
ensure motorists don't face fines or penalties as a result of the
system being down. In addition, the 60-day retest requirement and
free retest have been extended during this time.
The RMV conducted informational virtual meetings - webinars -
for station owners and managers and we are sending daily progress
updates and important information to all stations and inspectors,
and updating the home page of the
www.MAVehicleCheck.com website.
The following services have continued uninterrupted for testing
stations and inspectors:
- Scheduled and future station and inspector trainings continue
as planned with some exceptions.
- New and renewed Inspector licenses continue to be
processed.
- Station license renewals continue to be processed.
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SOURCE Applus Technologies, Inc.