Nevada state government reports cybersecurity Incident, forcing statewide office closures
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The State of Nevada has been hit by a cybersecurity incident that forced shutdown of all state government offices and services. The incident has effectively paralyzed Nevada's state operations, leaving millions of residents unable to access critical government services ranging from driver's license renewals to business registrations.
On early Sunday morning local time, August 24, 2025, Nevada state officials detected suspicious activity within the state's technology infrastructure. Nevada state offices temporarily suspended in-person services. The incident has also caused infrastructure to go offline including the state's primary website (NV.gov), various departmental websites, online service portals, and telephone systems throughout the state government network.
Nevada officials have emphasized that emergency services remain fully operational throughout the incident. 911 emergency call-taking services remain fully operational statewide.
According to official statements from the Governor's Technology Office, there is currently no evidence that sensitive personal information has been compromised during the incident. "There is no evidence that any personally identifiable information (PII) was compromised," said the Governor's Technology Office
The event triggered an investigation and coordination with federal law enforcement agencies.
The cause of the network security incident has not been disclosed by Nevada officials, who have characterized the event only as a "network security incident". Any exposed data or number of affected individuals have not been disclosed.
Officials are working to restore services but did not provide details of the incident. However, an FBI spokesperson confirmed to CNN the agency was assisting state officials in investigating the incident.
Update - as of 4th of September 2025, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo reported that the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will resume processing registrations and title transfers in person, and Nevadans can obtain driver's licenses in person starting Friday. He also stated that the data breach did not involve any DMV databases, and no personal information from Nevadans' DMV records was stolen.
