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companies with cyber security. He tells
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us it can be easy for hackers to get
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inside what many think are secure
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Companies have a lot of outdated servers
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or in this case the government has some
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outdated servers that they forgot about
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and those are not patched and not up to
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date. So what happens is attackers are
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really good at finding these vulnerable
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or it can happen through fishing emails.
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What they're doing is they're sending
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out these mass emails. Hey, did you
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order from Amazon? there's a problem
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with your order. And what they're trying
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to look for is the five people that
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ordered from Amazon that day that go,
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"Oh, there's a problem with my order."
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Or the toll booth scam.
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Wednesday, Spartanberg County released a
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statement explaining in part a limited
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number of personnel on boarding files
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containing employee information were
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accessed during the incident. And the
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county said most of the files were part
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of the public record. Some did include
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individuals personally identifiable
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information which made us ask what
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exactly are hackers even looking for?
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They're looking for data and information
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on individuals so they can do identity
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theft. They can do monetary attacks and
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This is not the first time it's happened
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to Spartanberg County. It happened in
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April 2023. But this incident was much
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smaller than the last. And the county is
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offering free credit monitor to its
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employees whether or not their files
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were exposed. But to keep in mind, Cole
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says government websites can be more
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vulnerable to attacks as opposed to
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You're going in and looking at state
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governments or state taxes. They tend to
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be a lot more vulnerable because they
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have complete records of everyone who
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lives in your county. It's unclear as to
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how the Spartanberg County site got
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hacked, but it says it will continue to
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enhance security and implement
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additional measures to prevent similar
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occurrences. In Spartanberg, Lauren
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Cyber security experts recommend that
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people never open links or attachments
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through email, especially from external
