Nevada's recovery efforts continue following a statewide cyberattack that took many government services offline, but Gov. Joe Lombardo said the state is "well ahead" of schedule in restoring operations.

For the second week, Nevada continues to suffer the fallout from a massive cyberattack. Officials took state-run websites offline on Sunday, August 24th, when they first noticed signs of the incursion. Since then, they’ve worked to create temporary workarounds to connect Nevadans with services and recovery updates. However, it appears to be slow going.

Just months before a massive cyberattack hit the state of Nevada, lawmakers made policy changes aiming to strengthen its cybersecurity response.

While ransomware attacks on individual government agencies are increasingly common, cybersecurity experts note that this is one of the first documented cases of a cyberattack effectively crippling nearly an entire U.S. state government.

Nevada entered its sixth day Friday reeling from a massive cyberattack that was discovered Sunday. While state and federal officials continue to investigate, here are some common questions, accompanied by answers from cybersecurity experts.

Investigators found evidence indicating data was moved outside of Nevada’s state networks by “malicious actors” during a “sophisticated, ransomware-based” cyberattack, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office has said there is no evidence yet that personal information was compromised in the cyberattack. But beyond that assurance, Nevada residents and state employees remain in the dark about exactly how or when the attack occurred and its possible impact on the security of state data.

Nevada officials revealed Wednesday that personal information may have been compromised in what was described as a "sophisticated ransomware-based cybersecurity attack" that occurred Sunday in which hackers infiltrated government networkers and disrupted essential services statewide.