More than six weeks have passed since Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office announced the State of Nevada had been breached by cyberattackers and Nevadans are still in the dark about the scope of the damage done, or whether the state has paid a ransom.

Cybersecurity professionals say investigations of incidents of this scale will likely take months, so it’s expected that additional information is not available, but some worry information might be downplayed or delayed for political purposes.

On Aug. 24, the governor’s office announced a “cyber incident.” All state agencies, including the Department of Motor Vehicles and social services offices, were physically shuttered for at least two days. All state agency websites were taken offline in what the governor’s office described as a proactive and pre

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