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Wednesday, March 06, 2013  The South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce is offering small business owners a chance to get more information about filing their taxes.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  The director of a national association of state computer chiefs says South Carolina is moving in the right direction on cyber-security following the massive breach at the Department of Revenue.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Department of Revenue officials insist it's safe to e-file. But they're preparing for fewer online filings this tax season.

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.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  The S.C. Department of Revenue's deputy director acknowledges 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.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  A Democratic senator has introduced legislation that apologizes to the people of South Carolina for the cyber theft of millions of taxpayers' personal data.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  South Carolina's tax collection agency will receive a $20 million loan to pay for the state's response to the hacking of millions of taxpayers' personal data.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  The head of South Carolina's information technology division says lawmakers should consider hiring two people to oversee agencies' cyber security.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  The chairman of a Senate panel investigating the exposure of taxpayers' personal data says he's upset to learn that a $25,000 purchase could have prevented the hacking.

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.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  South Carolina officials say 200,000 more tax returns were hacked than originally reported.

Friday, November 02, 2012  One of the world's leading cyber security experts says information from a hacking incident like the one in South Carolina is usually sold quickly on the Internet black market.

Monday, October 29, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley says South Carolina used the same standards as banks and other private institutions when it decided not to encrypt Social Security numbers and other information on a database of state tax returns.