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we begin at 5 with new details in the
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Rhode Island data breach thanks for
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joining us I'm Kayla fish Governor Dan
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mcke now says that the state believes
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roughly 650,000 Rhode Islanders
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information has been exposed in the
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Rhode Island Bridges data breach as
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we've reported State Contractor deoe was
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the victim of a ransomware attack
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earlier this month our Kate Wilkinson
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joins us live now in studio with what
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else the governor said today Kate State
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leaders say information like bank and
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Social Security numbers could have been
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exposed in this reach today the governor
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said letters will go out to those
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January more than half of Rhode Island's
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population now believed to be affected
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by the ri Bridges data breach One update
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of several during a news conference
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today at the State House deoy and the
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state it are making progress in getting
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Rhode Island Bridges securely up and
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running however that won that work won't
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be finished by January 1 earlier this
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month State leaders confirmed its
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contractor deoe faced a ransomware
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attack by cyber criminal group brain
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Cipher the attack now affecting RI
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Bridges the program that manages the
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state's benefits but now we have a
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better understanding of what this will
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mean for you the bottom line is that we
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have you covered Lindsay Lang is the
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director of Health Source RI the state's
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health insurance Marketplace she says
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open enrollment has been extended until
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February 28th but for people who need
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active insurance for January 1st we will
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help you enroll in coverage directly
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through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode
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Island or Neighborhood House plan of
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Rhode Island with a January 1st coverage
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start date she says the state will work
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to limit outof pocket expenses and then
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once their system is back online they
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can help people apply through Health
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Source RI lastly Kim brido the director
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of the Department of Human Services
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confirmed today no December benefits
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will be terminated ensuring
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uninterrupted support for all of
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programs including our supplemental
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nutrition assistance program Child Care
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general public assistance
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Medicaid and Rhode Island Works which is
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our tan of cash assistance
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program State leaders describe brain
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ciphers deadline to release the data as
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a moving Target tonight at 6 I'll have
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an update on where things stand now live
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in the studio Kate Wilkinson 12 News
