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Joe Lombardo: “Obviously it's a ransom. Right. And achieved monetary gain…”

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Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo

Published September 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:51

I know you can't mention certain details about the investigation, but since no personal information was stolen. Do you guys know yet the personal goal of this cyber attack? Well, Obviously it's a ransom. Right. And achieved monetary gain as a result of. And that's all I can give you on that information. And then finally the last question I want to ask you in regards to the whole passing of Charlie Kirk who just had a suspect arrested. (14:51–14:56)

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Asserts that the cyber attack was a ransom aimed at monetary gain.

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“The state normally would face approximately 150,000 hits a day.”
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“The state has faced over 300% increase in direct attack attempts throughout the recovery operations.”
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“If you have a CCW license, it exempts you from the background check because your license provides that information.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 18:01-18:08
“Our top priority is restoring services that Nevadans depend on every day.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 01:49-01:55
“Our IT teams administered a statewide credential reset as a best practice security measure to protect all our user credentials.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 02:18-02:27
“Nearly all employees have regained access and others are resolving any remaining issues through self service or their agency IT.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 02:35-02:43
“The state has initiated identity hardening processes which include requiring a stronger minimum password standard and expanding multi factor…”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 04:25-04:37
“Today I am pleased to report that 90% of state public facing statewide websites are back online per the Governor's technology office.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 05:50-06:01
“Nevadans have been able to complete essential services in person since last week such as registrations, title transfers and driver's…”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 06:57-07:11
“The DMV is now 100% back online.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 07:11-07:14
“Our health and social service systems have remained available throughout the entire incident.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 08:16-08:21
“The Department of Public Safety and Governor's Technology Office continues to work 24/7.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 08:32-08:48
“We will work through the weekend to restore the Brady background checks of the NICS system.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 08:32-08:48
“Notice.nv.gov is online.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 09:39-09:44
“Every state agency is functioning, serving constituents and available for constituent assistance.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 10:42-10:49
“We still have not seen any evidence of constituent PII personal identifier information being compromised in this attack.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 10:52-11:02
“We won't be able to determine their criminal history or their ability to purchase a gun or own a gun through the federal guidelines.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 14:01-14:11
“That's part of the 10% that I discussed earlier. Remember that's a public safety priority.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 14:25-14:34
“I can't quantify it as related to the original attack.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 16:03-16:07
“Legislation can't absolutely 100% prevent something from this happening.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 17:18-17:23
“It is in my opinion, has risen to an emergency and I think it's necessary that we address it sooner than later.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 17:39-17:46
“They should be both be back online to the best of my knowledge.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 19:15-19:18
“We have 25,000 employees, right. There isn't an agency in the world that can transfer the entire agency's email system seamlessly.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 20:12-20:22
“We're still in discussion about a special session.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 21:31-21:35
“We're actually quite, quite confident that we can complete that [Brady System gun registration] process through the weekend.”
Nevada cyberattack update from Gov. Joe Lombardo | Uploaded September 13, 2025 | 22:11-22:17