Tax agency data breach still under investigation; workers arrested, fired

By Marcie Kagawa

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 31, 2013

~~QUESTION: Whatever happened with the state investigation of internal security breaches in the state 
Department of Taxation’s computer database discovered in 2011, and which resulted in disciplinary action against some employees?
ANSWER: A number of tax department employees who were investigated in connection with the security breaches have been “arrested and relieved of their duties,” said state Rep. John Mizuno, vice chairman of the House Legislative Management Committee, which is monitoring the case.
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QUESTION: Whatever happened with the state investigation of internal security breaches in the state Department of Taxation’s computer database discovered in 2011, and which resulted in disciplinary action against some employees?

ANSWER: A number of tax department employees who were investigated in connection with the security breaches have been “arrested and relieved of their duties,” said state Rep. John Mizuno, vice chairman of the House Legislative Management Committee, which is monitoring the case. Login for more...