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Officials warn of spike in hackers targeting taxpayer data

February 23, 2018

Via: The Hill

Federal officials are warning of a spike in phishing campaigns during the IRS’s tax filing season, particularly those targeting information from would-be victims’ W-2 forms. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center issued an alert late Wednesday warning of an increase […]


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IRS enhances efforts to combat identity fraud, claiming upcoming tax season will be ‘more secure’

October 20, 2015

Via: access-control

The Internal Revenue Service and private tax preparers say they are beefing up efforts to limit tax-related #identity theft for the 2016 filing season, testing more than 20 new safeguards to protect taxpayers’ sensitive information. The #irs, state tax authorities […]