ACLU files lawsuit against RIPTA, United Healthcare over data breach

Updated at 2:31 p.m.

Jacquelyn Voghel

10/25/2022

ALCUlogo — THE AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is filing a lawsuit against the R.I. Public Transit Authority and United Healthcare of New England, alleging that lax security measures and belated notification led to more than 20,000 individuals having their personal information compromised.

PROVIDENCE – Earlier this year, Alexandra Morelli received a distressing notification: Her personal data had been compromised in an August 2021 cyberattack on the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority that also breached UnitedHealthcare of New England Inc. data shared with the agency. Shortly afterwards Morelli, a University of Rhode Island employee who says she has…

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