Tag: data breach
RIHousing customers notified of data breach
PROVIDENCE – Mortgage customers of R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. have been notified their personal information was involved in a data breach last...
RIDOH accidentally shared information about people in COVID-19 isolation or quarantine
PROVIDENCE – Staff from the R.I. Department of Health accidentally emailed protected health information regarding people in COVID-19 isolation or quarantine in recent months,...
ACLU files lawsuit against RIPTA, United Healthcare over data breach
PROVIDENCE – Earlier this year, Alexandra Morelli received a distressing notification: Her personal data had been compromised in an August 2021 cyberattack on the...
AG demands records on RIPTA data breach
PROVIDENCE – The state’s top legal officer is ordering the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and UnitedHealthcare to turn over documents showing what they...
ACLU demands answers about transit agency data breach
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is demanding more answers about a data breach at the state's public bus...
R.I. to receive $1M in Equifax data breach settlement
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $1 million as part of a settlement with Equifax Inc., following an investigation into a massive data breach...
Devise a plan before a data breach
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on business-related cybersecurity issues. See part two here.)
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Facebook says security breach affected about 50 million accounts
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook Inc. said it discovered a security breach earlier this week that affected almost 50 million accounts, the latest in a...
Security measures, breach notifications key to minimizing exposure to GDPR liability
By now, you have likely heard something about the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation that went into effect May 25. The GDPR...
Kilmartin urges caution following Equifax data breach
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin addressed the Equifax Inc. data breach Friday, advising Rhode Island consumers to check and watch their...
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