SC hacking solution could cost $15 million next year

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http://www.thestate.com/2013/05/08/2761786/sc-hacking-solution-could-cost.html

By ANDREW SHAIN
TheState.com
May 8, 2013

COLUMBIA -- The tab to fix the largest hacking at a U.S. state agency 
keeps growing.

South Carolina needs to spend nearly $15 million next year to centralize 
computer security at state agencies – and spend $7.3 million a year 
thereafter on that security, a consultant told state leaders Wednesday.

The work would require 37 employees with an annual payroll of $4.7 
million, according to the report from Deloitte Consultants.

No decisions were made Wednesday. The 2013-14 state budget approved by 
the S.C. House budgets $25 million for cyber-security efforts, including 
money to continue providing credit-fraud monitoring for taxpayers whose 
financial information was stolen from the S.C. Department of Revenue.

South Carolina already has spent more than $20 million in response to 
the hacking, which involved tax-return data for 6.4 million consumers, 
their children and businesses.

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