Nebraska government system shutdown disrupts the Legislature, DMV and other offices
- A systemwide outage of state government computers disrupted the work of the Legislature and driver’s licensing offices for several hours on February 6, 2025.
- The outage affected all state connections and shut down most state office websites, including Health and Human Services and Transportation Departments.
- The Legislature adjourned less than an hour after convening due to the outage, but afternoon committee hearings were later held.
- The cause of the shutdown is under investigation, and it is too early to determine if a malicious act was involved, according to Ezra Effrein.
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Nebraska government system shutdown disrupts the Legislature, DMV and other offices
A systemwide outage of state government computers shut down everything from the work of the Legislature to driver’s licensing offices for several hours.
·United States
Read Full ArticleNebraska computer system network back up after outage; cause unknown
The cause of the outage, which had widespread effects including an early end to debate in the Legislature, was still under investigation, the Office of the Chief Information Officer said.
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