Beacon Mutual ransomware attack exposes data of 4,500 Rhode Island state employees
SpilloverSpillover from the Beacon Mutual incident · View original incident →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.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- State of Rhode Island
- Original incident
- Beacon Mutual ransomware attack exposes data of 4,500 current and former state employees
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information of 4,500 current and former state government employees
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack on Beacon Mutual
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It was reported that the information of 4,500 current and former Rhode Island state employees had been leaked in the Beacon Mutual ransomware attack.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Beacon Mutual incident.
Beacon Mutual ransomware attack exposes data of 4,500 current and former state employees
4.5kImpact: Information of 4,500 current and former Rhode Island 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.
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