Cyberattack Hits Rhode Island: 8 Years of Private Data Exposed

CYBERATTACK HITS RHODE ISLAND: 8 YEARS OF PRIVATE DATA EXPOSED

Rhode Island’s government benefits system just got hacked, and it’s a doozy.

Officials confirmed the breach exposed private data of anyone who used state programs in the last eight years.

That’s hundreds of thousands of people now asking:

"Did someone just steal my identity?”

Eight years’ worth of data… gone in one cyberattack.

Great news for hackers, terrible news for anyone who trusted the system to keep their info safe.