Breach costs Texas $1.8 billion

The cost of a Texas state comptroller office computer breach that exposed the personal information of 3.5 million individuals has cost taxpayers $1.8 million, w...

A computer breach at the Texas state comptroller’s office has cost taxpayers $1.8 million dollars. The heads of IT and information security were fired along with two other employees. GovInfoSecurity reports the social security numbers, addresses and birth dates of more than 3 million individuals were exposed online for more than two months in early 2010.

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