Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Shortly after the Internal Revenue Service launched its “Get Transcript” service in 2014, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen lauded it as “another innovation…a secure online system that allows taxpayers to view and print a record of their IRS account, also known The…
IRS admits taxpayer hacking is much worse than previously announced
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Last May, when the Internal Revenue Service announced that hackers had managed to successfully breach their network security and steal the confidential data of unwitting taxpayers, the IRS said that “approximately 100,000 tax accounts” were affected. But today the agency admitted that number is much larger,…
House Passes Bill to Stop Taxpayer Identity Theft
The House has passed legislation that would toughen the penalties for criminals who engage in identity theft through stolen tax returns. H.R. 744, the Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2014, also known as the STOP Identity […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…