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  • Officials Say No Data Was Compromised By Hackers

    01/06/2008 5:24:20 AM PST · by JACKRUSSELL · 15 replies · 153+ views
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | January 6, 2008 | By Anya Sostek
    A hacker from China successfully penetrated Pennsylvania's state government Web site Friday, but did not spread a virus or compromise citizen data. "We know that there was no damage done," said Mia DeVane, spokeswoman for the Governor's Office of Administration, which oversees information technology. Friday morning, four state government departments received indications of a security problem. Rather than limit the response to just those departments -- Education, Labor and Industry, Lottery and Military and Veteran's Affairs -- the state shut down its entire Web site as a precautionary measure. The Web site was down from about 9:30 a.m. to about...