US Internal Revenue Service 2015 Hacking (Q10341)
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A data breach risk event
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US Internal Revenue Service 2015 Hacking
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A data breach risk event
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January 2015
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) disclosed today that identity thieves abused a feature on the agencys Web site to pull sensitive data on more than 330,000 potential victims as part of a scheme to file fraudulent tax refund requests. The new figure is far larger than the number of Americans the IRS said were potentially impacted when it first acknowledged the vulnerability in May 2015 _ two months after KrebsOnSecurity first raised alarms about the weakness. Screenshot 2015-03-29 14.22.55In March 2015, I warned readers to Sign Up at IRS.gov Before Crooks Do It For You _ which tracked the nightmarish story of Michael Kasper, one of millions of Americans victimized by tax refund fraud each year. When Kasper tried to get a transcript of the fraudulent return using the Get Transcript functi (English)
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