Tuesday, October 30 2012 8:14 AM EDT2012-10-30 12:14:23 GMT
People across the state want answers after state officials say hackers gained access to tax records from the Department of Revenue, dating back to 1998. Social security information, for millions, was compromised.More >>
People across the state want answers after state officials say hackers gained access to tax records from the Department of Revenue, dating back to 1998. Social security information, for millions, was compromised.More >>
Monday, October 29 2012 9:41 PM EDT2012-10-30 01:41:50 GMT
An expert says the state did well in getting a program for affected residents, but should've warned people sooner about the breach. He says protect your information by checking credit statements and shredding documents.More >>
An expert says the state did well in getting a program for affected residents, but should've warned people sooner about the breach. He says protect your information by checking credit statements and shredding documents.More >>
Monday, October 29 2012 12:07 PM EDT2012-10-29 16:07:08 GMT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) – South Carolina's governor and state police chief have scheduled a conference to update the state's residents on the information breach at the Department of Revenue. Nikki Haley'sMore >>
Gov. Nikki Haley said Monday the state is continuing to investigate the hacking of the revenue department's tax database.More >>
Saturday, October 27 2012 7:47 AM EDT2012-10-27 11:47:38 GMT
The S.C. Department of Revenue today announced that approximately 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers have been exposed in a cyber attack.More >>
Millions of Social Security numbers belonging to South Carolina residents who filed taxes over the last 14 years may have been compromised by a hacker, state officials announced Friday.More >>
Friday, October 26 2012 5:52 PM EDT2012-10-26 21:52:18 GMT
To protect against identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission urges Americans to follow the "three D's" - deter, detect and defend.More >>
To protect against identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission urges Americans to follow the "three D's" - deter, detect and defend.More >>
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov.
Nikki Haley has canceled last-minute campaigning plans for GOP
presidential nominee Mitt Romney to focus on an investigation into
hacking of state records.
Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey
said Thursday the governor decided to stay home after the hacking
incident that has affected millions of South Carolina taxpayers.
Haley had been scheduled to campaign for Romney this weekend in swing states including Ohio. Election Day is Tuesday.
Gov. Nikki Haley is, instead, holding a meeting of state agency directors.
This is the first official
meeting of agency heads since an announcement last week that roughly 3.6 million personal South Carolina income
tax returns had been compromised after an attack from an overseas
hacker.
On Wednesday, Haley said up
to 657,000 businesses in South Carolina had also been affected. The
businesses affected are in addition to the roughly 3.6 million personal
income tax returns accessed.
Experts say this may be the largest cyber-attack against a state tax department in the nation's history.
Last week, Haley ordered
all state agencies to cooperate with South Carolina's inspector general
in a new effort to improve the state's cyber-security
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>
Press conf. held Wednesday (File/WCIV)
