Last night, the Governor released an update on the statewide security breach that occurred over the weekend, forcing all state networks to be shut down.
On Monday, most state workers were told to stay home and disconnect all devices from the state network. However, yesterday afternoon a notice was provided to state workers stating critical workers would be required to return to the office on Tuesday, regardless of the network issue.
It also stated “all agency payroll employees” were deemed to be critical, but later clarified that if they absolutely cannot perform their work, their department heads would determine if they were eligible for admin leave.
As of Tuesday morning, some state workers reported they were called into their office and remain there, but have been unable to perform any work.
Others reported they were told not to come in on Tuesday by their department heads due to the persisting issues, a decision determined on a by-department basis.
In departments where some workers have been told to stay home, certain staff like IT, front desk and admin are in the office.
However, we do not have a full list at this time on which departments have been called in versus told to remain at home.
Is the City affected?
At this time, there’s been no indication Carson City has been affected by the state’s security breach.
However, some city functions likely have to connect with the state to access the statewide databases, which include criminal histories, background checks and fingerprinting. Due to the network being down, these are likely unreachable, but we are awaiting confirmation.
We will update with new information as it becomes available.
