Hack Update: Gov. Nikki Haley Says Investigation Nearly Complete
More affected than originally thought, probe nears completion.
While appearing in the Lowcountry in Thursday Gov. Nikki Haley said the investigation into the hacking of the millions of Department of Revenue records is nearly complete.
The number of residents originally affected by the breach was thought to be 3.6 million. But WLTX reported that that number has been revised upward to 3.8 million.
The Charleston Post & Courier reported that the hacker used two vulnerabilities to access the data. But experts disagreed about what the state could have done to protect the data.
The state also is expected to pay public relations firm Chernoff Newman $150,000 to prepare press packets and buy newspaper advertisements related to the data theft
See full coverage of the security breach HERE.
silver
10:34 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
The buck stops with Nikki Haley - this breach happened on her watch. This breach could have and should have been prevented. Any IT person that manages servers will tell you that this breach was NOT that sophisticated. This is why she should not have a dept. of administration - she can't even handle this one department. Get Haley out of office - she is an embarrassment. She won't even stay in town long enough to do her job as governor. If she hadn't been off campaigning for other people or doing her fund raising instead of doing her job - this might not have happened. And Haley won't care about the Hack this weekend - she is going out of town to speak at the Barry Goldwater Dinner and fund raising for her.
JoSCh
10:52 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
"The state also is expected to pay public relations firm Chernoff Newman $150,000 to prepare press packets and buy newspaper advertisements related to the data theft"
Well, as long as they aren't using any money on educating the electorate I'm ok with it. Tea Party 2010!