Nation­wide tech hic­cup inter­feres with US driver’s license offices

A nation­wide tech­nol­o­gy prob­lem briefly inter­rupt­ed ser­vices Thurs­day at state offices that han­dle driver’s licens­es, offi­cials said.
The out­age, which last­ed from approx­i­mate­ly 9:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST, was “due to a loss in cloud con­nec­tiv­i­ty,” the Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion of Motor Vehi­cle Admin­is­tra­tors said.
“This pre­vent­ed a num­ber of motor vehi­cle agen­cies from issu­ing dri­ver licens­es and vehi­cle titles dur­ing the out­age,” the group said in a writ­ten state­ment.
The asso­ci­a­tion, based in Arling­ton, Vir­ginia, main­tains a nation­al com­put­er net­work to allow the exchange of driver’s license infor­ma­tion, includ­ing dri­ver records.
The cause of the out­age was being inves­ti­gat­ed.
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Illi­nois and Vir­ginia were among the states that used social media to say ser­vices had been inter­rupt­ed.
“Every state uses the sys­tem to ver­i­fy a driver’s elig …