Rhode Island Public Transit Authority recently identified and addressed a security incident that involved the personal information of health plan beneficiaries.  On August 5, 2021, RIPTA identified a security incident that resulted in unauthorized access to some of their computer systems, and RIPTA began an investigation and took measures to address the security incident and secure all systems. An internal investigation determined that files were exfiltrated from RIPTA networks between August 3, 2021 and August 5, 2021, including files containing plan member names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, Medicare identification numbers and qualification information, health plan member identification numbers and claims information.

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