Hackers behind a cyberattack that targeted Rhode Island’s public benefits system were able to get the sensitive data — including Social Security numbers and some banking information — of hundreds of thousands of people,

Gov. Dan McKee's office said Friday that the RIBridges computer system, previously called UHIP, was hit by a cybersecurity breach.

Cybercriminals could release personal data of many in Rhode Island as early as this upcoming week in a major cyberattack.

Time is of the essence for hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders to take steps to shield their digital identities after state officials Friday acknowledged a major cyberattack on the state’s system for enrolling on Medicaid and other social service programs or signing up for commercial-based health care plans.

State officials said hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents could be affected by a cyberattack on the state’s online portal for social services,

Hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents' personal and bank information, including Social Security numbers, were very likely hacked by an international cybercriminal group asking for a ransom,

A cyberattack on Rhode Island's benefits system may have compromised the personal data of hundreds of thousands of residents.

A member of a group of hackers uses his computer at the group's office in Dongguan, China, Aug. 4, 2020. Hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents' personal and bank information were likely hacked by an international cybercriminal group,

Rhode Island officials are urging residents to take immediate steps to protect themselves following a major cyberattack on state government, warning that their personal data could soon be exposed. At a hastily called news conference on Saturday evening — the second in as many days — Gov.