Rhode Island: Data breach at Wyatt steals info of detainees, staff and vendors


At least 1,454 detainees of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, 438 current and former staff members and 92 vendors have been affected by a virus in the facility’s computer system, Wyatt announced Friday. The FBI is now investigating the matter, which Wyatt discovered on November 2.

“At this time, we believe that various types of data were taken from the Facility’s systems and posted on the dark web, including certain financial information, certain detainees’ medical information, certain current and former staff information, and certain vendor information,” Wyatt said.

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Source: MSN News