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Hackers seek ransom after getting SSNs, banking info from state gov’t portal

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Rhode Island's public benefits system was hacked by hackers trying to extort the state.

Gov. Dan McKee : "A cybercriminal had installed dangerous malware that constituted an urgent threat" RIBridges, originally called Unified Health Infrastructure Project , launched in 2016 and "suffered from massive cost overruns before launch".