Rhode Island data breach exposes minors' data on dark web
A cyber-attack and data breach occurred in the US state of Rhode Island. In late December 2024, it emerged that minors' information had been exposed on the dark web.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Minors' information
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Rhode Island House leadership issued a statement on the cyber-attack.
- It emerged that the data breach had exposed minors' information on the dark web.
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