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Mecklenburg County thousands of owners to pay their taxes on a Web site without their credit cards left sensitive information to hackers and thieves.County officials said for the first time, was told Wednesday the problem calls for the Observer. Two hours later, the National Statistical Office of the contractor is the site is safe.
Nobody knows how long the page was uncertain. More than 44,000 payments have been because the line of control system began in April 2001 - more than 23,000 during the last year alone.
It is a regrettable matter, and we urge taxpayers to double our efforts to ensure that their online payments are safe John McGillicuddy, one of the county’s generaln.
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