Hacker breaks into Nebraska Treasurer's Office computer system

June 29, 2006

(AP) -- A hacker broke into the state's child-support computer system and may have obtained the names, Social Security numbers and other information of 300,000 people and 9,000 employers, the state treasurer announced Thursday.

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