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IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access

IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access

| | A Little Sunshine, id.me, Internal Revenue Service, Sen. Ron Wyden, The Washington Post, U.S. General Services Administration
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said today it will be transitioning away from requiring biometric data from taxpayers who wish to access their records at the agency's website. The reversal comes as ...
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Report: U.S. Cyber Command Behind Trickbot Tricks

Report: U.S. Cyber Command Behind Trickbot Tricks

| | alex holden, Hold Security, National Security Agency, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ransomware, The Washington Post, TrickBot, U.S. Cyber Command
A week ago, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that someone was attempting to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, a malware crime machine that has infected millions of computers and is often used to spread ...
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Who’s Behind Monday’s 14-State 911 Outage?

Who’s Behind Monday’s 14-State 911 Outage?

| | 911 outage, A Little Sunshine, azure, CenturyLink, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Intrado, Microsoft, The Washington Post, West Corporation
Emergency 911 systems were down for more than an hour on Monday in towns and cities across 14 U.S. states. The outages led many news outlets to speculate the problem was related ...
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