PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The DMV experienced a network outage Thursday morning that impacted states across the country – including Oregon.
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) attributed the interruption to a “loss in cloud connectivity,” which left transportation agencies in the dark for nearly three hours.
David House with the Oregon Department of Transportation told KOIN 6 News the national outage caused their verification services to go down.
“These allow states to verify things like Social Security Number, whether someone is suspended in another state, etc,” House said. “When these systems were down, we were unable to issue driver licenses, permits and ID cards or process title transactions.”
The outage affected the Oregon DMV from 6:50 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. However, the cause of the interruption is still unknown.
“The AAMVA is working internally and with our cloud providers to determine the root cause of the outage,” the national agency told Nexstar Media in a statement.
Other states, including Arkansas, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia, confirmed similar issues with their systems on social media.
Stay with KOIN 6 News as this story develops.
