A stolen state employee password allowed a hacker to breach the South Carolina tax system earlier this year. The hacker obtained the password when an employee of the Department of Revenue opened an e-mail containing malicious computer code on Aug. 13. Gov. Nikki Haley blamed the breach on a combination of 1970s technology and the state’s reliance on IRS guidance that she said does not require the encryption of Social Security numbers. The state is paying $12 million in identity protection services for taxpayers. The breach also exposed personal information of 1.9 million dependents.”]
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