South Carolina taxpayer server hacked

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http://www.news4jax.com/news/Technology/South-Carolina-taxpayer-server-hacked/-/4882254/17153190/-/8vmv0w/-/index.html

(CNN) -
The Social Security numbers of millions of South Carolinians, as well as credit and debit card information for hundreds of thousands, have been hacked in what the state's governor described Friday as an international cyberattack.

"This is not a good day for South Carolina," Gov. Nikki Haley told reporters.

The governor explained that a "server that warehouses all our taxpayer information was breached and taxpayer information was stolen."

The state's Department of Revenue explained in a press release that it first learned of a possible breach on October 10, after which the state contracted information security firm Mandiant to conduct an investigation.

The "hole" in the system was closed October 20. Over the next several days, state authorities determined that more than 3.6 million Social Security numbers may have been affected. So, too, were 387,000 credit card numbers - though only 16,000 of those were unencrypted.

[GoCubsGo]

1. Lovely. Just fucking lovely.

This is what happens when you have a bunch of idiot republicans running your state. Just saw our dimwitted governor on the 11 o'clock news making the announcement.

You can call 1-866-578-5422 to see if you have been compromised and get an activation code for www.protectmyid.com/scdor. The state will pay for identity theft protection, not that they have any idea how they will pay for it.

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