Inadequate response led to taxpayers’ data theft

Published January 11, 2013 12:14am ET



COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state Department of Revenue’s deputy director acknowledged Thursday his agency was notified in August of a computer security breach, but the response clearly wasn’t adequate since a hacker stole millions of taxpayers’ personal data a month later.

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