Security News

IRS Suspends Identity Protection PIN Tool Over Security Concerns (SecurityWeek)
2016-03-08 16:27

IRS raises number of Get Transcript app breach victims yet again (Help Net Security)
2016-02-29 18:57

Remember when back in May 2015 the IRS took offline its Get Transcript app because it was misused by cybercriminals to access sensitive personal information of more than 100,000 taxpayers? Well,...

IRS quot;Get Transcriptquot; Incident Hit Over 700,000 Taxpayers (SecurityWeek)
2016-02-29 15:26

IRS Reports 700,000 U.S. Taxpayers Hacked And 47 Million 'Get Transcripts' Ordered (Forbes)
2016-02-28 12:55

IRS Doubles Number of Get Transcript Victims (InfoRiskToday)
2016-02-27 20:10

IRS: Er, those 100,000 tax records illegally accessed? Make that over 700,000 (The Register)
2016-02-27 00:31

IRS Warns Tax-Related Phishing, Malware Surging (Threatpost)
2016-02-23 13:00

The IRS warns businesses and consumers about a significant increase in tax-related phishing and malware attacks.

IRS warns of 400 percent surge in tax-related phishing emails (Help Net Security)
2016-02-19 22:55

The number of tax related phishing and malware incidents has exploded this US tax season, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has warned on Thursday. All in all, there has been an increase of...

IRS Acknowledges Attackers Obtained eFile PINs (February 10 and 11, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-02-15 15:01

Tax Commissioner Expects More IRS Cyberattacks (InfoRiskToday)
2016-02-11 21:31