Ransomware shuts Nevada state offices and websites
A ransomware attack detected early on 24 August took down Nevada state websites and phone lines and closed state offices including the DMV; full restoration took about 28 days.
- Service
- State of Nevada
- Date
- 24 August 2025
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- The Register ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Ransomware shuts Nevada state offices and websites”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 24 Aug 2025. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2025-08-24-state-of-nevada-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: The Register, https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/nevada_cyberattack/.
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