RHODE ISLANDMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountHighContained

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 21, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

5,015

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Rhode Island Public Transit Authority →

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority reported to HHS on 2021-12-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 5015 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack that encrypted and exfiltrated PHI, including names, SSNs, addresses, DOB, and health insurance/claims data. The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, and implemented additional safeguards and staff retraining.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Dec 21, 2021

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,015 affectedView incident

Name: Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
norm: rhode island public transit authority
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
norm: rhode island public transit authority
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,015nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in its requirements to protect and secure PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in its requirements to protect and secure PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Dec 21, 2021
Raw hash: f4c023918d69db499f293afdc58c6a32d725e57adb680b7312face6054ca1d82

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Reporting entityRhode Island Public Transit Authority

Victim entityRhode Island Public Transit Authority

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing