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Sunday, March 31, 2013  Time is running out to take advantage of free credit monitoring being offered by South Carolina after a massive hack of state taxpayer data.

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.

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.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  A state Senate panel probing ways to increase the state's cyber security is scheduled to take testimony from the company South Carolina hired in the wake of the hacking of millions of taxpayers' personal data.

Saturday, November 10, 2012  A batch of emails released to The Associated Press and other media from Gov. Nikki Haley's office details the confusing response to the release of information on millions of taxpayers.

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.

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.

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.