RIBridges Alert If you may be impacted by the RIBridges data breach, take 5 important steps to protect your personal information today. Please follow this link to find out how to protect your personal information.UPDATED CALL CENTER HOURS AND INFORMATIONPlease call 833-918-6603 Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday – Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Call center staff will be able to provide general information about the breach as well as steps customers can take now to protect their data. Unfortunately, as the analysis of the data involved is still happening, call center staff will not be able to confirm whether a particular individual’s data is or is not included in the breach at this time.
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