ACLU announces proposed settlement in lawsuit over RIPTA 2021 data breach

ACLU announces proposed settlement in lawsuit over RIPTA 2021 data breach

An out-of-service Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus is stopped at Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence in April 2024. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)State employees whose personal data was breached in a ransomware attack on the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s (RIPTA) network in 2021 could be eligible for up to $7,500 in compensation, under a proposed settlement agreement recently filed in Providence Superior Cour…

Proposed Settlement of RIPTA Data Breach Class-Action Lawsuit Filed

BREACH INVOLVED MORE THAN 19,000 STATE AND RIPTA EMPLOYEES The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island announced today that a proposed settlement has been filed in the class-action lawsuit against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (“RIPTA”) and UnitedHealthcare New England (“UHC”) over an August 2021 data breach at RIPTA that compromised the Social Security numbers and other personal and health care information of thousands of ind…