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Cyberattack in Rhode Island: Sensitive data breach, hackers demand ransom
Sunday, 15 December 2024
A massive cyberattack on Rhode Island's social services portal, RI Bridges, has potentially compromised the personal and banking data, including Social Security numbers, of hundreds of thousands of residents since 2016. Hackers are demanding ransom, threatening to release the stolen information. State officials confirmed the breach and shut down the online system, forcing benefit applications to be submitted on paper.
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