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How South Carolina Failed To Spot Hack Attack

Attackers stole 3.3 million businesses’ bank details and 1.9 million social security numbers. State Department of Revenue employee likely “unwittingly executed malware, and became compromised” Attacker harvested employee’s username and password after clicking on an embedded link in a salacious email. State officials blame Russian hackers for the breach, but state officials are perhaps most to blame, Mandiant report says. The bill for the data breach now exceeds $14 million, including $12 million for credit monitoring services from Experian.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-and-breaches/how-south-carolina-failed-to-spot-hack-attack/d/d-id/1107515

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