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 >>
By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- One of the world's leading cyber security experts says information from a hacking incident like the one in South Carolina is usually sold quickly on the Internet black market.
Michael DuBose says hackers sell Social Security and credit card information in batches of thousands on the Internet black market and the chances of finding and prosecuting the hacker are generally slim.
DuBose is former chief of the U.S. Justice Department's computer crime section and now works for international cyber security company Kroll.
Authorities are investigating the hacking of 3.6 million South Carolina tax returns.
They say the hacking came from an international IP computer address. But DuBose says it's easy for hackers to remain anonymous and the portal could have been a proxy for a site anywhere in the world.
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