Internal Revenue Service

IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All

IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All

| | Identity Protection Personal Identification Number, Internal Revenue Service, IP PIN, IRS, Security Tools, Tax Refund Fraud
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said this week that beginning in 2021 it will allow all taxpayers to apply for an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN), a single-use code ...
Krebs on Security
New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments

New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments

| | Economic Impact Payment, Internal Revenue Service, Intuit, IRS, Latest Warnings, Tax Refund Fraud, The Coming Storm
The U.S. federal government is now in the process of sending Economic Impact Payments by direct deposit to millions of Americans. Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds ...
Krebs on Security
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IRS Tax Fraud and IRS’s Woeful Cybersecurity

| | Data breach, Department of Justice, DOJ, Equifax, General Accounting Office, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Phishing, tax fraud
In late July, the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued the results of audit on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its woeful state of information security, a state which continues to ...