Death, taxes, and hacks: How to prevent cyberattacks during tax season

2021-04-02 05:20

Of course, government servers are only one of the places tax data resides - our employers, third-party services and we ourselves have copies of it, and can be the source of potential data exposure.

In February, the IRS warned of subtle phishing attacks targeting tax preparers, efforts designed to steal Electronic Filing Identification Numbers useful for mass-filing of fraudulent tax returns to pocket illegal refunds at-scale.

Cybercrime is a particularly urgent threat this tax season due to COVID-19 pandemic conditions overwhelming consumers with overlapping stimulus, unemployment, insurance and other rule changes with plausible tax implications.

Best practices to prevent cyberattacks during tax season.

Your customers enter and transmit an immense amount of private data and sensitive documents during the tax preparation process directly into their web browsers.

Hackers pose as tax officials during online exchanges and make such requests.

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