{"id":18398,"date":"2024-12-14T18:36:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T19:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18398"},"modified":"2024-12-14T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T20:29:09","slug":"personal-data-of-rhode-island-residents-breached-in-large-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18398","title":{"rendered":"Personal Data of Rhode Island Residents Breached in Large Cyberattack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An \u201cinternational cybercriminal group\u201d harvested the personal data of potentially hundreds of thousands of people from the state\u2019s social services and health insurance systems, officials said.<\/p>\n

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The personal and private information of possibly hundreds of thousands of people who applied for government assistance in Rhode Island could be in the hands of hackers after a huge cyberattack, state officials said on Friday.<\/p>\n

The cybercriminals said to be behind the attack threatened to release the data unless they received a payment, said Brian Tardiff, the state\u2019s chief digital officer.<\/p>\n

Hackers gained access to RIBridges, the state\u2019s online portal for obtaining social services, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, and Medicaid benefits, as well as health insurance through the state\u2019s marketplace for coverage, HealthSource RI, officials said at a news conference on Friday.<\/p>\n

Other programs under RIBridges include ones for financial assistance to low-income families, child-care help, employment assistance, long-term care for disabilities and cash assistance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Anyone who has applied for or received benefits through those programs since 2016 could be affected, the state said.<\/p>\n

Gov. Dan McKee said the state and its vendor, Deloitte, are investigating the cause of the breach and what information was obtained. He said that it was still unclear exactly how many people might be affected but estimated it could be hundreds of thousands of benefit applicants.<\/p>\n

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An \u201cinternational cybercriminal group\u201d harvested the personal data of potentially hundreds of thousands of people from the state\u2019s social services and health insurance systems, officials said.The personal and private information of possibly hundreds of thousands of people who applied for government assistance in Rhode Island could be in the hands of hackers after a huge cyberattack, state officials said on Friday.The cybercriminals said to be behind the attack threatened to release the data unless they received a payment, said Brian Tardiff, the state\u2019s chief digital officer.Hackers gained access to RIBridges, the state\u2019s online portal for obtaining social services, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, and Medicaid benefits, as well as health insurance through the state\u2019s marketplace for coverage, HealthSource RI, officials said at a news conference on Friday.Other programs under RIBridges include ones for financial assistance to low-income families, child-care help, employment assistance, long-term care for disabilities and cash assistance.Anyone who has applied for or received benefits through those programs since 2016 could be affected, the state said.Gov. Dan McKee said the state and its vendor, Deloitte, are investigating the cause of the breach and what information was obtained. He said that it was still unclear exactly how many people might be affected but estimated it could be hundreds of thousands of benefit applicants.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18400,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18401,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18398\/revisions\/18401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}