Columbia, SC – February 7, 2013 – South Carolinians will have their data protected as never before under a new bill introduced yesterday by Senators Kevin Bryant and Billy O’Dell.
In light of the recent Department of Revenue Cyber Security Breach, a special Senate committee was formed, headed up by Senators Bryant and O’Dell. The two [...]
SC Senators Introduce Data Protection Bill
Nikki Haley’s Liberal “SC Hacked” Team
GOVERNOR “GOES LEFT” FOR COSTLY COUNSEL DURING REVENUE DEPARTMENT SCANDAL
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s administration retained a liberal Columbia, S.C. public relations firm and a left-of-center, insider law firm to assist her in handling this year’s massive security breach at the S.C. Department of Revenue (SCDOR). Not only that, these firms were retained by Haley more than [...]
SC Hacked: The Mystery Expands
WILL TAXPAYERS EVER GET ANSWERS?
The successful hacking of the S.C. Department of Revenue (SCDOR) is the biggest disaster of Gov. Nikki Haley’s administration – but it is also the biggest mystery.
More than a month after the fact, no one knows what really happened … except that 3.8 million Social Security numbers, 3.3 million bank account numbers, [...]
SC Guns Gone Wild!
… AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING
We were recently forwarded a tip from one of our anonymous sources requesting that we expose the failure of the S.C. Department of Revenue (SCDOR) to collect taxes from unauthorized gun sales.
“Gun show and sale events occur almost every weekend at convention centers and shrine clubs across the state,” [...]
SC Among “Worst Run” States
MORE DYSFUNCTIONAL PALMETTO FUN!
It’s been another bad week for the the Palmetto State in the national rankings. Days after Forbes declared South Carolina one of eleven “death spiral” states (given its high ratio of dependents-to-income earners), another national publication is weighing in on our ineffective government.
According to 24/7 Wall Street (no relation to 21 Jump [...]
Vincent Sheheen Demands SCDOR Audit
FORMER GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE ALSO CALLS FOR “IDENTITY THEFT TAX CREDIT”
S.C. Senator Vincent Sheheen (D-Camden) is asking for an audit of Gov. Nikki Haley’s Department of Revenue (SCDOR) in the wake of the startling revelation that a simple $25,000 expense could have prevented a massive security breach at the agency.
Had Haley’s department required dual password protection [...]
Nikki Haley Heads Back To Washington, D.C.
S.C. GOVERNOR’S NATIONAL ITINERARY RAMPS UP AGAIN
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley isn’t wasting any time getting back into the swing of promoting herself on the national stage.
The part-time Palmetto State chief executive – whose cross-country itinerary was delayed for a few weeks by a massive security breach at one of her cabinet agencies – has resumed [...]
The Absolute Dumbest Thing You Will Read This Week
THANK YOU, PIPPI
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is doing some damage control with members of the mainstream media this week in the wake of an unprecedented security breach within her administration – one that has exposed millions of South Carolina taxpayers’ personal information to cyber thieves.
And while the governor hasn’t called our founding editor yet, we’re [...]
SC Breach: 3.3 Million Bank Account Numbers, Too?
IS THERE ANY DATA THAT NIKKI HALEY’S CABINET DIDN’T COUGH UP?
When S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley strode to the podium nearly a month ago to inform the public about an unprecedented state-level security breach, she said any number of things … none of which have turned out to be true.
Haley said nothing could have been done [...]
South Carolina, We Have A Scapegoat
NIKKI HALEY’S REVENUE DIRECTOR STEPS DOWN
Looks like at least one South Carolina agency head won’t be getting that controversial seven percent pay raise after all …
S.C. Department of Revenue (SCDOR) Director Jim Etter submitted his letter of resignation to Gov. Nikki Haley this week in the wake of an unprecedented cyber security breach at the [...]
Nikki Haley Calls SC Data Breach “Her Hurricane Hugo”
WHAT ON EARTH IS SHE THINKING?
On September 9, 1989, a tropical wave formed off the coast of Africa and was shortly thereafter given the designation Tropical Depression 11. After two days of strengthening and organization, the system was christened “Tropical Storm Hugo.” Two days later – roughly 1,200 miles east of the Leeward Islands – [...]
