HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CriticalActive

State of Rhode Island

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Dec 5, 2024

Filed

Jan 14, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

650,000scope not determined

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for State of Rhode Island →2 incidents on file

Rhode Island Department of Administration notified the RI Attorney General on Dec 27, 2024, of a breach in the RIBridges system operated by vendor Deloitte. First awareness was Dec 5, 2024. Breach confirmed Dec 10, 2024; PII confirmed Dec 11, 2024. ~650,000 individuals affected. Exposed data includes names, SSNs, DOB, banking, and health info. Initial access method under investigation. Remediation includes credit monitoring and identity theft insurance via Experian.

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Rhode Island clock✓ RI AG ≤45d6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Dec 5, 2024

Discovered

Jan 14, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed650,000 affectedView incident

Name: Rhode Island Department of Administration
norm: rhode island department of administration

Name: State of Rhode Island
norm: state of rhode island

Discovered: Dec 5, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 650,000scope not determined
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified the Rhode Island Attorney GeneralFederal law enforcement notifiedFederal agencies notifiedRhode Island State Police notified
Third party: via Deloitte

During the incident: Federal law enforcement, federal agencies and the Rhode Island State Police were notified
State established a dedicated call center with a toll-free hotline: [REDACTED-PHONE]
Created a centralized webpage to provide important information regarding this data breach
Offered free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance for 5 years, along with identity restoration for life through Experian upon registration
Provided identity monitoring/scanning services and identity theft insurance for 5 years, along with identity theft restoration for life through Experian upon registration for children under age 18
Changes made: Offered free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance for 5 years, along with identity restoration for life through Experian upon registration
Provided identity monitoring/scanning services and identity theft insurance for 5 years, along with identity theft restoration for life through Experian upon registration for children under age 18
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: RI AG ≤45d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

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://riag.ri.gov/media/7356/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 14, 2025
Raw hash: 9a690b5c6c68acb3390cd31fd1327d9586fb5aca2b5bc7a7b43ce7e789195a5c

Reporting entityRhode Island Department of Administration

Victim entityState of Rhode Island

Incidentdiscovered Dec 5, 2024

Stated responseFederal law enforcement, federal agencies and the Rhode Island State Police were notified

ComplianceRI AG ≤45d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceriag.ri.gov