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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

ID: 8b4f65f6-5dec-5f22-82ab-b8751ba056b2

STIX ID: report--8b4f65f6-5dec-5f22-82ab-b8751ba056b2

Feed Name: Krebs on Security

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-04-16

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: BrianKrebs

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**Executive summary:** The article examines the 2012 South Carolina Department of Revenue breach that exposed sensitive tax and bank-account data for roughly 3.6 million residents, presents forum evidence tying the stolen database to the Russian cybercriminal "Rescator" (reported to be Mikhail Shefel), and contextualizes the impact by linking this crew to later large-scale payment-card breaches at Target and Home Depot and the resulting risks of tax-refund fraud and identity theft.

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