Hacking affects 200,000 more than expected

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By ANDREW SHAIN
thestate.com
November 7, 2012

The number of taxpayers affected by the massive data hacking at the 
state Department of Revenue has risen by 200,000 to 3.8 million, S.C. 
officials told The State on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, South Carolina was expecting a much larger price tag to help 
protect consumers in the days just after it revealed to the public that 
hackers took state tax information dating back to 1998.

On Oct. 28, the state Revenue Department projected it could cost the 
state as much as $63.2 million to provide taxpayers with a year of 
credit-fraud monitoring, mail notices, hire contractors and cover 
call-center costs, according to documents obtained by The State.

That is more than 50 percent more than the Revenue Department’s $41.7 
million in total funding from the state this year.

The projection – emailed from S.C. Revenue director James Etter to the 
governor’s office two days after the breach became public – was based on 
90 percent of those affected by the hacking incident enrolling for a 
year of credit monitoring and insurance, the cost of which is to be paid 
by the state.

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