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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.

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.

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.

Friday, March 01, 2013  A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a massive security breach at South Carolina's tax collection agency.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A woman accused of cashing a fraudulent check turned herself in to deputies Tuesday morning.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  The president of the South Carolina Bankers Association says his group has created a way to detect fraud on customers' bank accounts following last fall's hacking of taxpayers' filings with the Department of Revenue.

Friday, January 11, 2013  Officials with the South Carolina Department of Revenue have answered some of the questions WACH Fox viewers had about the Department of Revenue Breach Notice.

Friday, December 07, 2012  A judge is allowing the state Revenue Department to notify banks and credit unions of the 3.3 million bank account numbers compromised when someone hacked department tax files.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley has picked a new chief of South Carolina's Department of Insurance.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is announcing her choice to run a Cabinet agency.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley holds a  meeting of state agency directors.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has canceled last-minute campaigning plans for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to focus on an investigation into hacking of state records.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  Experts say that the hacking of 3.6 million South Carolina tax returns is the largest cyber-attack against a state tax agency in the nation.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  South Carolina has negotiated a deal that will allow citizens affected by a hacker attack on state tax returns to get free credit fraud resolution for life.