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ACLU of Rhode Island Has Lawsuit Filed

According to ABC 6 in Providence, The ACLU of Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit over a massive data breach at the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority last year. The data breach at the state agency that operates Rhode Island’s public bus service compromised the personal information, including Social Security numbers and Medicare identification numbers, of around 22,000 people. Nearly 5,000 were RIPTA employees and some of the additional 17,000 who were employees of other state agencies.

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