Pa. agency websites back online after weekend technical issue

A technical issue that affected the online services of multiple state agencies over the weekend appeared to have been fixed as of early Monday.

Online Voter Registration and other services on the Department of State, Department of Revenue, Department of Human Services and the Liquor Control Board websites were having issues, according to a news release over the weekend. However, those sites appeared to be up and running Monday morning.

Problems with the websites began around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. According to the news release, equipment at a data center failed. There is no evidence that the issue was caused by malicious physical or cyber activity, the release said. There also was no evidence that any data had been lost.

“We are working around the clock with our vendors to bring services back online as quickly as possible and will continue to do so until operations are fully restored,” Secretary of Administration Michael Newsome said in a statement over the weekend. “In the meantime, the affected agencies are working to activate their continuity plans and provide additional information to customers of the impacted services.”