Rhode Islanders' data was leaked from a cyberattack on state health benefits website

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Ransomware gang leaks data stolen in Rhode Island's RIBridges Breach

The Brain Cipher ransomware gang has begun to leak documents stolen in an attack on Rhode Island's "RIBridges" social services platform. [...]

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Hackers release files stolen in cyberattack on Rhode Island benefits system

The state confirmed the ransomware attack on RIBridges last month.

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Hackers leaked data from Rhode Island ransomware attack, officials warn

A criminal threat group had previously threatened to leak sensitive data from a Deloitte-managed social services database.

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Rhode Island’s state health benefits website hacked, user data exposed

Cybercriminals who hacked Rhode Island’s system for health and benefits programs have released files to a site on the dark web, a scenario the state has been preparing for, Gov. Daniel McKee said Monday. The state has an outreach strategy to encourage potentially impacted Rhode Islanders to protect their personal information, according to a press release from McKee’s office. The governor said it wasn’t yet clear if all of the files stolen from R…

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According to Infocert, however, sensitive credentials and passwords are safe: the systems of a third-party vendor would have been breached. Customer names, telephone numbers and emails are distributed on the dark web. Fears of an increase in cyberscams against individuals and businesses. The expert Alessandro Curioni: “Security left behind. Technologically Europe is a midge.” The special contains two articles. Continue reading

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Data stolen from RIBridges shows up on dark web • Rhode Island Current

A photograph of a screencap that shows the dark web site of ransom group Brain Cipher. Pictured is a list of security measures the hackers claim were absent on the Deloitte-made network for the public benefits system. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)A trove of personal data burgled from Rhode Island’s public benefits network in early December has finally made its way onto the dark web, Gov. Dan McKee announced Monday afternoon. At around …