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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Kershaw Co. Senator Vincent Sheheen and State Treasurer Curtis Loftis want to go one step ahead to help victims from last fall's hack at the state Department of Revenue.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  South Carolina lawmakers want to extend and enhance credit services for taxpayers compromised by last fall's hacking at the Revenue Department.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Officials at the Savannah River Site say an employee improperly accessed the personal information of thousands of workers.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The Department of Veterans Affairs is being sued over a missing laptop officials say contained personal information of thousands of veterans.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  State Senator Vincent Sheheen spoke with reporters Wednesday about his plans for a bill that would reimburse people who suffered losses due to the 2012 security breach at the SC Dept. of Revenue.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  The South Carolina Senate has tentatively approved a bill meant to increase oversight of public agencies' computer systems following last fall's massive breach at the Department of Revenue.

Friday, April 05, 2013  The William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center is offering free credit monitoring to the nearly 7,500 veterans whose information may have been breached after a laptop went missing in February.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  Some taxpayers have recently received letters in the mail instead of their tax return.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A Lexington County businessman is accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from the company which he served as Vice President.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Sunday March 31 is the last day to get free credit monitoring called Protect my ID.

Sunday, March 24, 2013  Six months after a hacker stole the personal data of millions of South Carolina taxpayers, legislators are moving past finger-pointing hearings on who to blame and focusing on how to prevent another massive breach

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Federal authorities are investigating a security breach that compromised personal information of thousands of workers at the Savannah River Site near Aiken.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A South Carolina Senate committee has advanced a measure that creates more oversight of public agency computer systems following the massive breach of the state's tax collection agency.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Authorities say a former Orangeburg County coroner stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the funeral home he worked at for nearly 30 years.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A Woodruff man has been charged with taking about $19,000 in Girl Scout cookies from a Spartanburg warehouse. Thirty-seven--year-old Christopher Maurice Morton is charged with breach of trust more than $10,000.