The state of Rhode Island is facing questions about its ongoing reliance on Deloitte after the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders became potentially vulnerable during a recent cyber attack.
The hack was revealed late Friday and involves RI Bridges, the state’s portal for an array of health and public benefit programs.
How the breach happened remains the subject of an ongoing inquiry. Gov. Dan McKee has repeatedly urged Rhode Islanders who may be affected to protect themselves by taking the steps outlined on the state website cyberalert.ri.gov.
“We do not know yet the extent of data that the cyber-criminals have accessed,” the governor said, “but it could include Social Security numbers, date of birth and possibly banking information of anyone who has applied for or received benefits from services that are hosted by the RI Bridge program.”
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