Beacon Mutual ransomware attack exposes data of 4,500 current and former state employees
Beacon Mutual was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed the information of 4,500 current and former Rhode Island state employees. The attack became known in February, and the company began notifying victims in May.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Beacon Mutual
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information of 4,500 current and former Rhode Island state employees
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Beacon Mutual's ransomware incident became known.
- The leak of information on 4,500 current and former Rhode Island state employees became known.
- Beacon Mutual began notifying victims of the data breach.
Also affected by this incident
Beacon Mutual ransomware attack exposes data of 4,500 Rhode Island state employees
↳ Knock-on damage from the Beacon Mutual incident · View original incident4.5kImpact: Information of 4,500 current and former state government employees
A ransomware attack on Beacon Mutual exposed the information of 4,500 current and former employees of the US state of Rhode Island. The specific types of information leaked and the response measures have not been confirmed.
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