LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Gov. Joe Lombardo's office confirmed on Tuesday that statewide network outages crippling agencies this week are the result of a cyberattack, and now, we're learning Wednesday that some data has been compromised by malicious actors .
In the initial phases of their investigation, state officials said there was "no evidence" that indicated personally identifiable information was impacted, but as we've learned Wednesday, some data has moved outside the state's network and officials said they "cannot yet identify or classify" what exactly was lost.
As we work to learn how this happened from state officials, I spoke to a ransomware and cybersecurity expert for some insight on the problem that's affecting thousands across Nevada.
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