CCIT advice on state security information breach

Published: October 27, 2012

On Friday, Oct. 26, the South Carolina Department of Revenue announced a major data breach of its systems, exposing approximately 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit/debit card numbers.

Those affected could be anyone who has filed a South Carolina state tax return between 1998 and now. It is highly likely that many Clemson University employees, and even some students, may be affected by this data breach.  

To find out more about this incident, what to do, and information security steps recommended by and taken by Clemson Computing and Information Technology experts, go to this site: http://bit.ly/Y7XC8r