South Carolina Budget and Control Board approves $20.1 million loan to cover costs of tax IT system breach. State legislators plan to introduce bills that would provide state income tax credits or deductions to buy identity theft protection. 3.8 million Social Security numbers, 3.3 million bank account numbers and information from almost 700,000 businesses were stolen. 90 percent of South Carolinians had heard about the breach, an unusually high number based on typical news-gathering habits, a poll says.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/20-million-loan-to-cover-breach-costs-a-5355