Hackers got personal info from state computers

Published April 4, 2013 7:59pm ET



MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Some state employees and vendors who do business with Alabama are being notified that their personal information was accessed when hackers infiltrated a state computer system.

The state Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that it was making the notifications, but wouldn’t say how many employees or vendors were affected. The department said the hackers accessed personal information such as names, Social Security numbers and taxpayer identification numbers. They didn’t access taxpayer records or tax returns. In mid-September, hackers gained accessed to tax records at South Carolina’s Department of Revenue.

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