Rhode Island officials are urging residents to take immediate steps to protect themselves following a major cyberattack on the 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. Dan McKee and other officials shared practical tips about what people can do if they are among the hundreds of thousands of people at risk from the hack.

“We know this situation is alarming, and it’s stressful,” McKee said. He urged people to save the URL for the website where the state will be posting continued updates about the situation: cyberalert.ri.com.

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