Free Credit Protection Ends March 31
March 29 , 2013 by Sarah SawickiRemember SC Hacked? Over four million South Carolina businesses and individuals' financial information stolen by hackers armed with dastardly intentions and brilliant computer skills.
Phishing Scams in Plain English
January 5 , 2013 by Susan LyonProtecting Yourself After a Security Breach
November 15 , 2012 by Jennifer NaimzadehConsumer Affairs Communications Coordinator Juliana Harris stopped by the library and shared some excellent preventative measures that consumers can take to protect their identity in light of the recent SC DOR security breach. Here is a link to her presentation. Preventive measures discussed were:
SC Security Breach: The Updates
November 15 , 2012 by Bland L.On Wednesday 14 November, Governor Haley ordered enhanced security measures for the sixteen state agencies (including the Dept. of Revenue) that form her Cabinet. Their computer networks will be monitored by the Division of State Information Technology, with four employees assigned to 24/7 monitoring duties.
The Big Hack: South Carolina's Security Breach
November 6 , 2012 by Bland L.On Friday 26 October the news broke that the South Carolina Department of Revenue's tax records dating back to 1998 had been hacked by overseas cybercriminals, giving them access to some 3.8 million tax records, as well as 378,000 credit and debit card numbers. The security breach was all the more alarming because the Social Security numbers in the records were not encrypted. The following week state officials revealed that the tax records of up to 657,000 businesses had also been compromised. Security experts agree that this was the worst case of data theft committed against a state government in the nation's history.
South Carolina Hacked Information
November 24 , 2012On October 26th, the people of South Carolina were told that the Department of Revenue had been hacked. Millions of tax returns and hundreds of thousands of credit/debt card numbers and business tax records were stolen.