Nikki Haley Takes Blame For State's Data Breach

Haley Takes Blame For Big Slip-Up
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Chief Mark Keel of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division answer questions at a news conference in Columbia S.C. on Friday, Oct. 26th. Officials announced that 3.6 million state tax returns going back to 1998 had been exposed in an international cyber attack. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Chief Mark Keel of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division answer questions at a news conference in Columbia S.C. on Friday, Oct. 26th. Officials announced that 3.6 million state tax returns going back to 1998 had been exposed in an international cyber attack. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday for the first time accepted personal blame for a massive cyber-attack that stole the Social Security and bank account numbers of millions of South Carolinians, saying she should have done more to ensure the data’s security.

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