It doesn’t happen often on the national stage, but “rising star” S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is the subject of a not-so-flattering national news story in Sunday’s editions of The Politico.
“(Haley) rode into office in 2011 on a Republican wave as the first female and first Indian-American governor of the state — a rising GOP star [...]
“National Nikki” Gets Negative Ink?
Haley Administration Blows Off #SCHacked Hearing
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s Department of Revenue (SCDOR) blew off a legislative hearing into last year’s massive security breach at the agency – a conspicuous absence which infuriated state lawmakers.
Testifying at this week’s hearing was former SCDOR official Mike Garon – who was fired from the agency last year just prior to news of the [...]
SC Senators Introduce Data Protection Bill
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 [...]
The Wire: 1/9/2013
TIPS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, SNIPPETS
Welcome to “The Wire …”
Today marks the second day of the 2013 session of the S.C. General Assembly – a.k.a. “taxpayer-funded adult day care.” Did our lawmakers accomplish anything of substance on their first day back? Of course not – although we did finally receive our copies of their 2013 “legislative agendas” [...]
SC Hacked: The Nightmare Continues
MASSIVE SECURITY BREACH WAS TOTALLY PREVENTABLE
As hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians receive their “your personal info has been stolen” letters from the S.C. Department of Revenue (SCDOR), state lawmakers continue to investigate the colossal lapse in security that led to the massive breach at Gov. Nikki Haley’s cabinet agency.
And as they do, they continue [...]
SC Hacked … Again
NIKKI HALEY’S SCANDAL-PLAGUED WORKFORCE AGENCY VICTIMIZED BY WEBSITE ATTACK
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) – one of Gov. Nikki Haley’s most corrupt, incompetent and inefficient cabinet agencies – was hacked this weekend, its website hijacked by as-yet-unidentified vandals.
“This site was hacked,” a message left by the hackers on the agency’s website read.
First reported [...]
SCDOR Running Deficit
YOU PAY NOW! AND LATER …
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s revenue department (SCDOR) is asking taxpayers to shell out $20 million to cover the agency’s failure to safeguard their personal information. That’s almost a third of the agency’s annual budget.
Earlier this year, SCDOR coughed up 3.8 million Social Security numbers, 3.3 million bank account numbers, tax [...]
SC Hacked: A $3 Million Mailing
“YOU’VE GOT MAIL,” SOUTH CAROLINA
Add another $3 million to the rising cost of “SC Hacked” – the unprecedented state-level security breach that rocked the S.C. Department of Revenue earlier this year. Why $3 million? That’s how much taxpayers are shelling out so that Nikki Haley’s cabinet agency can let them know it coughed up their [...]
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, [...]
