Gov. Joe Lombardo said 90 percent of state public-facing websites are back online nearly three weeks after the cyberattack.

On Tuesday the state’s IT teams administered a statewide credential reset as a best practice security measure to protect all user credentials, Lombardo said.

He added that state employees were not told about the password reset intentionally because broadcasting it would tip off criminals and increase attempts of account takeovers.

State officials learned of a massive ransomware-based cyberattack on Aug. 24 that shut down to state websites and computer systems. Officials began working to put systems back online, though they warned it takes time in order to ensure that bad actors no longer have access.

Officials determined later that malicious actors removed state d

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