SC Sued Over Tax Department Data Breach

Law360, New York (November 01, 2012, 2:17 PM ET) -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and the state tax department failed to prevent a massive data breach that compromised more than 3.6 million Social Security numbers, according to a putative class action filed Wednesday by a former state senator.

Attorney and former South Carolina politician John Hawkins says Haley and the South Carolina Department of Revenue were grossly negligent in their failure to anticipate and prevent an Aug. 27 data breach that compromised South Carolinians’ Social Security numbers and credit card numbers, and moreover violated state...
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