One phishing email exposes millions of people to data theft in South Carolina cyberattack



NBC News reported: COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A single malicious email sent to workers at the South Carolina Department of Revenue last August enabled an international hacker to crack into state computers and gain access to 3.8 million tax returns, including Social Security numbers and bank account information, in what experts say is the biggest cyber-attack ever against a state government, according to details in a report released Tuesday. Here is the article. And all of that could have been prevented with good quality security awareness training.














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